Young Will Turner, son of the infamous "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, lived an honest life free of piracy. He spent a great deal of time crafting swords as a blacksmith, and then practicing with them in order to kill any pirates that may cross him. He also spent a great deal of time swooning over the Governer's daughter, Elizabeth Swann, a woman beyond his reach. Elizabeth carried a fondness for Will as well, since they had known each other for quite some time already, and possibly also due to his potential connection to pirates which he knows nothing of.

Unbeknownst to him, Will was actually the last surviving carrier of Turner blood, and it is this blood and a medallion passed down to him from his father, that are needed to lift the curse of the Black Pearl, the crew his father was originally part of. Once Jack Sparrow learns this, he enlists his help for his own personal gain (trading him to Barbossa for the Pearl) under the pretense of saving Elizabeth, who had been captured by Barbossa.

When Will learns of the curse and of his value to the cursed crew, he uses this to his own advantage--saving Elizabeth. Since these are pirates he is dealing with, not everything goes according to plan. However, with help from Jack, Will manages to lift the curse "at the opportune moment" in order for Jack to defeat Barbossa and his crew. In exchange for saving his life, Will rescues Jack from the gallows, even though it means putting his own head in a neuse for associating with pirates.

After saving Elizabeth from Barbossa, Elizabeth (who was initially engaged to Norrington) and Will come forward with their feelings, including to her father who is a little less than enthusiastic about his position as a blacksmith. On the day they are to be married, Lord Cutler Beckett arrives with arrest warrents for Will, Elizabeth and Norrington (who is nowhere to be found). Beckket bargains with Will, offering a pardon in exchange for retrieving a compass in the possession of Jack Sparrow

Will finds Jack Sparrow and his crew on an island where the natives have resolved to feasting on him and his crew. After a daring escape, Will asks for the compass, and Jack convinces Will once again to help him, telling him that finding the key to Davy Jones' chest is what he really wants. Simple, trusting Will marches right into Davy Jones' posession. It is here that he confronts his father who is enslaved by Jones. Cunning as he is, Will manages to steal the key and sneak away, promising to thwart Davvy Jones and free his father and the crew like a big damn hero!

Will, Jack and Norrington all arrive at the island of Davy Jones' Chest with their own secret, personal intentions for the heart. A swordfight between the three of them ensues, and Norrington walks away with the heart, Jack walks away with a jar of sand, and Will walks away with a dizzy feeling.

That isn't all of his misfortune, though, as he also witnesses a passionate kiss between Jack and Elizabeth just before the crew minus Jack leave the Pearl too the Kraken. Elizabeth neither explains nor acknowledges the kiss to anyone, unaware that Will was watching. In the end, loyal Will agrees to go to the ends of the Earth to save Jack...

Will Turner Highlights

Elizabeth: Will, how many times must I ask you to call me Elizabeth?
Will: At least once more, Miss Swann, as always.

Jack: You seem somewhat familiar. Have I threatened you before?
Will: I make a point of avoiding familiarity with pirates.

Jack: Who makes all these?
Will: I do! And I practice with them three hours a day!
Jack: You need to find yourself a girl, mate! Or perhaps the reason you practice three hours a day is that you already found one and are otherwise incapable of wooing said strumpet. You're not a eunuch, are you?
Will: I practice three hours a day so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill it!

Jack: Why ask me?
Will: Because you're a pirate.
Jack: And you want to turn pirate yourself, is that it?
Will: Never! They took Miss Swann.
Jack: Oh, so it is that you've found a girl. I see. Well, if you're intending to brave all, hasten to her rescue and so win fair lady's heart you'll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me.

Will: This is either madness or brilliance.
Jack: It's remarkable how often those two traits coincide.

Will: Aye! Avast!

Will: My father was not a pirate.
Jack: Put it away, son. It's not worth you getting beat again.
Will: You didn't beat me. you ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight, I'd killed you.
Jack: Then that's not much incentive for me to fight fair, then, is it? Now, as long as you're just hanging there, pay attention. The only rules that really matter are these - what a man can do and what a man can't do. For instance, you can accept that your father was a pirate and a good man or you can't. But pirate is in your blood, boy, so you'll have to square with that someday.

Jack: Tortuga. More importantly, it is indeed a sad life that has never breathed deep this sweet, proliferous bouquet that is Tortuga, savvy? What do you think?
Will: It'll linger.

Gibbs: (Jack throws a bucket of water at him) Curse you for breathing, you slack-jawed idiot! Mother's love! Jack ! You should know better than to wake a man when he's sleeping. 'S bad luck.
Jack: Ah, fortunately I know how to counter it. The man who did the waking buys, the man who was sleeping, a drink. The man who was sleeping drinks it while listening to a proposition from the man who did the waking.
Gibbs: Aye, that'll about do it. [Will throws another bucket of water at him] Blast! I'm already awake!
Will: That was for the smell.

Will: So this is your able-bodied crew?
Jack: You, sailor!
Gibbs: Cotton, sir.
Jack: Mr. Cotton... do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders and stay true in the face of danger and almost certain death? Mr. Cotton ! Answer, man!
Gibbs: He's a mute, sir. Poor devil had his tongue cut out, so he trained the parrot to talk for him. No one's yet figured how.
Jack: Mr. Cotton 's... parrot. Same question.
Parrot: Wind in the sails! Wind in the sails!
Gibbs: Mostly, we figure, that means "yes."
Jack: O'course it does. Satisfied?
Will: Well, you've proved they're mad.

Jack: Pirate's Code. Any man that falls behind...is left behind.
Will: No heroes amongst thieves, eh?
Jack: You know, for having such a bleak outlook on pirates you're well on your way to becoming one. Sprung a man from jail, commandeered a ship of the Fleet, sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga... and you're completely obsessed with treasure.
Will: That's not true. I am not obsessed with treasure.
Jack: Not all treasure is silver and gold, mate.

Jack: We wait for the opportune moment.
Will: When's that? When it's of greatest profit to you?
Jack: May I ask you something? Have I ever given you reason not to trust me? Do us a favor - I know it's difficult for you, but please stay here and try not to do anything stupid.

Will: On my word do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker!

Barbossa: I s'pose in exchange, you want me not to kill the whelp.
Jack: No, no, not at all by all means, kill the whelp. Just not yet. Wait to lift the curse until the opportune moment. For instance... after you've killed Norrington's men... [throws them back as he speaks] every... last... one.
Will: You've been planning this from the beginning. Ever since you learned my name.
Jack: Yeah.

Elizabeth: Whose side is Jack on?
Will: At the moment?

Elizabeth: We should return to the Dauntless.
Will: Your fiancŽ will be wanting to know you're safe.
Jack: If you were waiting for the opportune moment...that was it.

Will:If all I have achieved here is that the hangman will earn two pairs of boots instead of one, so be it. At least my conscience will be clear.
Norrington: You forget your place, Turner.
Will: It's right here...between you and Jack.

Governor Swann: So, this is the path you've chosen, is it? After all...he is a blacksmith.
Elizabeth: No. He's a pirate.

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