Ted Elliott

A charismatic street merchant breaks the fourth wall to welcome the audience to the city of Agrabah. After failing to sell various novelty items, he reveals a mysterious oil lamp and begins to recount the legend of the 'diamond in the rough.'

Bootstrap Bill Turner appears as an emissary for Davy Jones to remind Jack Sparrow that his thirteen-year debt is due. Jack learns of the horrific fate Bootstrap suffered and the supernatural price he must now pay to avoid eternal damnation aboard the Flying Dutchman.

Elizabeth Swann confronts Lord Cutler Beckett in his office to negotiate for the Letters of Marque. Holding him at gunpoint, she attempts to trade information about Jack Sparrow's compass for her and Will Turner's freedom, while Beckett reveals his true, more expansive imperial ambitions.

On the deck of the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow attempts to seduce Elizabeth Swann by claiming they share the same selfish nature. Elizabeth skillfully turns the tables, using Jack's own logic of 'curiosity' to challenge him to prove he is actually a good man, right before Jack is terrified by the reappearance of the Black Spot.