She responds to his anger by saying that Jones never would have loved her if not for her uncontrollable and unpredictable nature. Calypso says she still feels deeply for Jones. Tia Dalma and her estranged lover, Davy Jones, briefly reunite while she is locked in the brig of the ship. She warns him that it was only by her power that he is alive again and that he must fulfill their agreement to release her. Upon arrival at Shipwreck Cove, she reminds Barbossa of her power by gripping his hand and temporarily rendering it skeletal. She resurrected Barbossa to obtain his piece, and rescued Jack because his Piece went with him to Davy Jones' Locker. Each has their respective "Pieces of Eight", the talismans necessary to free Calypso. Her true motives for resurrecting Barbossa and Jack are unveiled when it is learned that both are Pirate Lords of the Brethren Court. Later, is revealed that Tia Dalma is Calypso, bound into human form. While caressing her locket, she reminisces that Jones was once human. Tia Dalma tells the group the story of Davy Jones and Calypso, but does not reveal her identity. When rescuing Jack from the Locker, Tia Dalma flirts with him and references a presumed past romantic relationship.Īs the group searches for an escape route back to the mortal world, they encounter numerous souls adrift in the water. On the journey, she explains to Pintel and Ragetti that Jack Sparrow cannot be resurrected the same way Barbossa was because Sparrow was "taken" by the Kraken while Barbossa died from normal, earthly causes. ![]() ![]() There, they infiltrate Sao Feng's headquarters to acquire the navigational chart needed to sail to World's End and Davy Jones' Locker, barely escaping the clutches of the East India Trading Company. Tia Dalma joins Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, and the rest of the Black Pearl's crew as they travel to Singapore. She reveals that she has resurrected Barbossa, who will help lead the rescue mission. Tia has foreseen this eventuality, and informs the mourning crew that there is a chance to save Jack. Jack's crew returns to Tia Dalma's shack after Jack is dragged to Davy Jones's Locker by the Kraken. A series of trades takes place, leaving Jack with the location of the Flying Dutchman and a jar of dirt to protect him from Jones, while Tia Dalma gains possession of an undead monkey belonging to the late Captain Barbossa. This chest contains Jones's heart, and offers the only means to kill him. Pursued across the Caribbean by Davy Jones's Kraken, he plans to find the Dead Man's Chest. When the events of Dead Man's Chest begin, Jack Sparrow returns to see Tia Dalma after many years, in need of her assistance. Tia Dalma provided him with his compass a mysterious device that pointed to that which its user truly wanted. It was thought that Tia Dalma and Sparrow became lovers at some point during the latter's adult life Sparrow confessed to having "known" her at a time when they had been "inseparable". After she was bound in human form, Tia Dalma began to practice Voodoo and Obeah magic. Until the events of At World's End, she was unaware of the crucial role that her former lover had played in her imprisonment. This entrapment could only be reversed if the Brethren Court reassembled, resubmitted the original nine Pieces of Eight they used to bind her, and burned them. Her binding tamed the seas and satisfied Jones's desire for vengeance. He showed them how to bind her to human form using Pieces of Eight and thus, at the first Brethren Court, the pirates captured Calypso and bound her to a human body. However, when Jones returned to shore after ten years of service, Calypso failed to appear.įeeling betrayed, Davy Jones made a secret agreement with the Pirate Lords. Jones was granted immortality on the condition that he could return to shore once every ten years. ![]() Calypso gave him the task of guiding the spirits of the dead lost at sea, and Jones accepted the task out of love for her. Davy Jones, a human, fell in love with her. Prior to the events of the films, Tia Dalma was known as the goddess Calypso. ![]() However, it is an anagram of Dalmatia, a region in modern day Croatia infamous for its pirates who were mostly active during the 9th and 10th century. It could be derived from "Hypatia" meaning "highest, supreme". It could also be a reference to Spanish de Alma, or Portuguese da alma, which means "of the soul". Dalma could be a reference to the colloquial Caribbean Spanish del mar, "of the sea". Tia is both Portuguese and Spanish for "aunt". The name implies several linguistic possibilities stemming from Portuguese to Spanish.
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