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- "Let no joyful voice be heard! Let no man look up at the sky with hope! And let this day be cursed by we who ready to wake…the Kraken!"
- ―Davy Jones
The Kraken was an enormous sea creature, said to be the length of ten ships, closely resembling a giant squid. The Kraken was the subject of many legends that circulated for centuries on the high seas.
History
The Kraken breaking the Edinburgh Trader in half.
- "Well, if you believe in such things, there's a beast that does the bidding of Davy Jones. A fierce creature with giant tentacles that'll suction your face clean off and drag an entire ship down into the crushing darkness…the Kraken. The stench of its breath…Imagine the last thing you know on God's green earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odour of a thousand rotting corpses…If you believe such things."
- ―Joshamee Gibbs to Will Turner
The Kraken was controlled by Davy Jones, ruler of the sea, and commanded to prey upon ships to ensure Jones had many unwilling candidates for service aboard his vessel, the Flying Dutchman. The Kraken could be summoned from aboard the Dutchman, with the use of a giant hammer that sent a shockwave through the ocean that served as a call to the creature. Jones would recite a chant while his crew summoned the beast.
The Kraken was unleashed upon those who had been marked with a Black Spot, and could only be called off when, or if, Jones himself or any member of crew removed the mark. A person given the Black Spot would be ruthlessly tracked by the Flying Dutchman and the Kraken, and even items of clothing or personal belongings left by the target would attract the creature on its hunt.
Captain Jack Sparrow was given a Black Spot by "Bootstrap Bill" Turner, on behalf of Davy Jones, and was forced to avoid the open water to escape the Kraken. Ultimately, however, he was forced into a confrontation with the beast, and was consumed by it aboard his ship, the Black Pearl. Witnessing this, Jones stated that Sparrow's debt was paid.
Biology
- "Hello, beastie."
- ―Jack Sparrow
The Kraken appeared similar to a cephalopod, with a squid-like head and a number of long, suckered tentacles. Some of these were as thick around as a galleon's main mast, and the suckers were strong enough to rip the flesh from a man's face. The Kraken used the tips of its tentacles to feel its way around a ship before deciding where best to strike. It had a large, maw-like mouth surrounded by fangs, and a massive body at least twice as long as its tentacles.
Behind the scenes
- The Kraken's appearance in Dead Man's Chest marks the first time the creature has been realized using modern computer graphics.
Appearances
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (First appearance)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
- Pirates of the Caribbean Online