Jack Sparrow anosvika muPort Royal muJamaica kuzotonga ngarava. Pasinei nekununura Elizabeth Swann, mwanasikana waGavhuna Weatherby Swann, kubva pakunyura, anoiswa mutirongo nekuda kwekubiridzira. Usiku ihwohwo, ngarava yemagandanga yakatukwa inonzi Black Pearl inorwisa Port Royal uye Elizabeth anotapwa. Kaputeni weBlack Pearl, Hector Barbossa, anotsvaga mari yegoridhe yekupedzisira kuti aputse kutukwa kweAztec yekare iyo iye nevashandi vake vari pasi.
Norrington anomubvumira kutanga mberi kwezuva rimwe asati amudzingirira.