While trying to save Elizabeth from arrest, Will encounters his father, now an indentured servant on Davy Jones' ship, the Flying Dutchman . He vows to free him, eventually stealing the key to the Dead Man's Chest.
Here’s a short, cohesive story weaving together Will Turner’s key moments from the Pirates of the Caribbean films, from his beginnings as a blacksmith’s apprentice to his fate as the immortal captain of the Flying Dutchman :
His initial motivations are simple: rescue Elizabeth and uphold his sense of duty. However, his partnership with Jack forces him to confront the gray areas of morality, eventually realizing that "some rules are meant to be broken". A Legacy of Sacrifice: The Flying Dutchman
Introduced in The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) as a disciplined apprentice in , Will is defined by his rigid adherence to honor and his secret love for the Governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann . Despite his disdain for pirates, Will’s life changes when he discovers his true heritage as the son of "Bootstrap Bill" Turner , a pirate who served under Captain Jack Sparrow .