Brethren Court
Brethren Court
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Background[]
The Brethren Court is comprised of nine pirate lords from different seas. There have been four Brethren Court meetings over the centuries. The First Court met when they mutually agreed that the goddess,Calypso, should no longer rule the seas and oceans. With help fromDavy Jones, her lover, they entrapped her within human form. Many years later, the Fourth Court meets to address LordCutler Beckett's assault on piracy. WhenCaptain Barbossa proposes releasing Calypso to help them fight Beckett and theEast India Trading Company, the other pirate lords initially refuse, fearing Calypso's vengeful wrath.
Each pirate lord always carries a "piece of eight" insignia. The "pieces" are actually various small trinkets, used as the original court members were so poor that they lacked any money among them, Gibbs sarcastically commenting that "the nine pieces of whatever we happened to have in our pockets at the time" wasn't considered "piraty" enough. Each "piece of eight" must be presented to verify a pirate lord's identity, and it is handed down to that lord's successor when he or she dies.
The Fourth Court includes main charactersJack Sparrow,Hector Barbossa, andElizabeth Swann (Sao Feng's successor), as well as ChineseMistress Ching, IndianSri Sumbhajee Angria, AfricanGentleman Jocard, TurkishAmmand the Corsair, SpanishEduardo Villanueva, and FrenchCapitaine Chevalle. Jack Sparrow's father, Captain Teague, is a former pirate lord, although he is now the keeper of thePirata Codex and theprison dog which supposedly escapedPelegosto by using sea turtles, mirroring Jack's lie about escaping the deserted island. After every other lord vote for him or herself to be the "pirate king", Jack votes for Elizabeth, giving her the plurality.
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Kingdom Hearts III[]
Although they don't make an appearance physically inKingdom Hearts III, the events there still followAt World's End and were mentioned several times during the story events of the world.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for the Sunken Treasure[]
In the opening cavern sequence of this ride, the skeletal corpses of the Brethren Court members can be seen sitting at a table. It is unknown how they died or what they were doing onTreasure Cove which led to their apparent deaths. Only six pirates of the nine lords appear here, namely: Captain Teague, Capitaine Chevalle, Ammand, Eduardo Villanueva and two unidentified members.
Trivia[]
- The Brethren Court is based on the historicBrethren of the Coast, an alliance of pirates in the Caribbean which was active during the latter-end of the 17th century. Unlike in the film, the brethren were limited to the Caribbean and rather than having equal ranking members they were all lead bySir Henry Morgan, a former buccaneer who had become the deeply corrupt governor ofPort Royal,Jamaica. The group stopped existing by the time of the Golden Age of Piracy, its closest counterpart being the Flying Gang of Nassau.
- In original scripts and concept-art, the Brethren Court would have included famous pirates, such asBlackbeard,Anne Bonny, John "Calico Jack" Rackham, andCaptain Hook. In the final film the only character based on a famous pirate is Mistress Ching who is inspired by the historic Madame Ching.
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