"Well, if you believe
such things, there's a beast does the bidding of Davy Jones—a fearsome creature
with giant tentacles that'll suction your face clean off, and drag an entire
ship down to the crushing darkness...The Kraken. They say the stench of its
breath is like...(shudders)...Imagine, the last thing you know on God's green
earth is the roar of the Kraken and the reeking odor of a thousand rotting
corpses. If you believe such things."
―Joshamee Gibbs to Will Turner
Bio
Eye
Colour:
orange
Died:
presumably
on Black Sand Beach
Alias:
Leviathan
Beastie
Pet
The
Kraken was a cephalopod-like beast, with a squid-like mantle, a number of long,
suckered tentacles at the base of its head, Some of these were as thick around
as a galleon's main mast, most significant are the two long forearms powerful
enough to split a ship into fragments in mere seconds, 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 also had a long, sharp tail similar to a squid and large round eyes
with orange irises and black pupils. It had a large, maw-like mouth surrounded
by fangs below its large eyes, and a massive body at least twice as long as its
tentacles. The overral length of the Kraken was similar to the length of ten
ships, which would be approximately 1400 feet in total length. Its body
resembles a massive, cuttlefish-like cephalopod.
Statistics
Battles:
Destruction of the Edinburgh Trader
Skirmish off of the Isla Cruces
Affiliation:
Davy
Jones
Behind The Scenes
First
Appearance:
Dead
Man's Chest
Last
Appearance:
At
World's End
Cause of
Death:
killed by
it's master, Davy Jones by the order of Cutler Beckett
History
Legend:
"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 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 Flying Dutchman, with the use of a giant hammer that sent a shock
wave through the ocean that served as a call to the creature. Jones would
recite a chant while his crew summoned the beast. Jones was visibly saddened
when Beckett rehashed the time when he ordered the Kraken's death from it's
owner.
The
Kraken was unleashed upon those who had been marked with a Black Spot, and
could only be called off if Jones himself removed the mark. A person given the
Black Spot would be ruthlessly tracked down by the Kraken, and even items of
clothing or personal belongings left by the target would attract the creature
on its hunt. Davy Jones was further able order to attack specific ships, as he
did against the Black Pearl off Isla Cruces.
Jack Sparrow:
"Jones' terrible
leviathan will find you and drag the Pearl back to the depths, and you
along with it!"
―Bootstrap Bill Turner to Jack
Sparrow
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.
Death:
"You stupid fish!"
"Actually, it's a cephalopod."
"Actually, it's a cephalopod."
―Pintel and Ragetti
Shortly
after obtaining Davy Jones' heart, Cutler Beckett ordered Jones to kill the
Kraken, thinking that Jones may command it to attack the East India Trading
Company and he threatened Jones of having his heart stabbed so Jones did as
commanded. Upon returning from Davy Jones' Locker, Jack Sparrow and Barbossa
discovered the dead beast washed up on Black Sand Beach. Pintel and Ragetti
approached the Kraken's face, Pintel poked it with a long stick. They mused on
calling themselves "Kraken Slayers" and turning the creature into an
exhibit. Sparrow reflected on his own mortality while looking into the beast's
glazed eye.
It is
unknown how Jones killed the Kraken, but presumably he just ordered it to beach
itself and thus lead it to death by dehydration
Destroyed Ships:
During
the search for the Dead Man's Chest, the Kraken destroyed four ships: the Edinburgh
Trader, a Turkish fishing vessel, the scuttled ship that Jack Sparrow said
to be the Flying Dutchman, and the Black Pearl. In its life, the
Kraken was believed to have destroyed many more ships, but the ones stated are
the only known.
Northern Mythology:
"I don't think it's
"Kraken," anyways. Always heard it said "Kray-kin.""
"What? With a long "A"? Na-na-na-na, "Kroh-ken"'s how it's pronounced in the original Scandinavian, and "Kraken"'s closer to that."
"Well we ain't original Scandinavians,
"What? With a long "A"? Na-na-na-na, "Kroh-ken"'s how it's pronounced in the original Scandinavian, and "Kraken"'s closer to that."
"Well we ain't original Scandinavians,
are we? "Kray-kin."
"It's a mythological creature, I can calls it what I wants!"
"It's a mythological creature, I can calls it what I wants!"
―Pintel and Ragetti
In Norse mythology, the Kraken
was a creature from the sea so large that on the surface it was mistaken for a
chain of islands. Seamen were often lost when they camped on what they thought
was an island, only to be drowned when the creature swam back to the bottom of
the sea. It had large tentacles and suckers with which it could seize large
ships and drag them down. The Norse believe the Kraken would rise to the
surface at the end of the world.