<P> Will is exchanged for Jack during parley with Beckett and Davy Jones . Elizabeth tells Will she now understands the burden he bears, but having been aboard the Dutchman, she believes Bootstrap can no longer be saved, although Will disagrees . When Barbossa releases Calypso from her human form, Will tells her that Davy Jones betrayed her to the First Brethren Court . This causes her to turn her fury against both the pirates and Jones, forming a giant maelstrom . </P> <P> During the maelstrom battle, Will proposes to Elizabeth, convincing her this may be their only opportunity to wed . Barbossa performs an impromptu wedding as the battle continues . </P> <P> Will defends Elizabeth from Davy Jones . He stabs Jones, but Jones is unharmed . Jones mortally wounds Will . Jack, who now possesses Jones' heart guides Will's hand to stab the heart and kill Jones . Bootstrap carves out his son's heart and places it in the Dead Man's Chest . Will becomes the Flying Dutchman's immortal captain . Now under Will's command, the Flying Dutchman resurfaces, and the crew has reverted to human form . Will commands the Dutchman against the Endeavour and the combined firepower of the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman destroy the Endeavour, killing Cutler Beckett . The remaining armada retreats without a fight . </P> <P> Will is now a psychopomp, bound to ferrying souls of those who died at sea to the next world . Will is allowed one day ashore before beginning his ten - year duty aboard the Dutchman . Bootstrap Bill decides to remain on the crew with his son . Elizabeth, a mortal, is unable to accompany them . Will spends his one day with Elizabeth on an island where they consummate their marriage . Before returning to the Dutchman at sunset, he entrusts the Dead Man's Chest containing his beating heart to her care . The Flying Dutchman disappears from the horizon amid the Green Flash . </P>

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