Governor Weatherby Swann is sailing to Port Royal in Jamaica with his daughter Elizabeth when they spot a burning ship in the distance. As they survey the carnage, a ghostly ship is briefly seen vanishing into the fog, which one of the crewmen recognizes as the Black Pearl. A young man, Will Turner, is found clinging on to a plank of wood and adrift. He is pulled on board and Elizabeth notices a gold medallion he is wearing around his neck and swipes it to prevent the boy from being identified as a pirate and persecuted.