Tia Dalma
Tia Dalma is a female character who features in Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Biography
Calypso was originally a goddess who lived in the world where eventually a man named Davy Jones fell in love with her. She then gave him the task of guiding the souls of the dead that were lost at sea with Jones accepting the duty out of love. As a result, he came to be transformed into an immortal who could only return to shore once every ten years as part of the terms of his pact. Following ten years of service, he returned to shore in the hope of seeing his love Calypso but she never appeared to him. This caused Jones to feel betrayed and he made a secret agreement with the Pirate Lords where he showed them the means of capturing her in order to tame the seas themselves. With magic, they came to bind her to a human form using the Pieces of Eight thus trapping her in the form of Tia Dalma with this allowing for the establishment of the Brethren Court who kept the Pieces of Eight amongst them. Tia Dalma was unaware of Davy Jones betrayal with the immortal satisfied with his revenge being fulfilled and he set forth in his assigned role for the ages. Afterward, Dave Jones returned to the world of the living and left the dead to wander aimlessly in the Locker. However, Davy's grief at Caylpso's abandonment of him, and guilt at the part he played in her imprisonment became so great that he carved out his own heart and locked it in the Dead Man's Chest. For abandoning his duty, Davy was slowly transformed into an amalgamation of human and tentacled sea creatures to reflect the man inside, and his crew suffered similar disfigurements.
It was said that Tia Dalma had been practicing her ways since the waters were tamed. Let it just be stated that several generations fell under her spell and there are many who could tell interesting tales of their relationships with this enchantress. She appeared to be an eccentric, but her skills in the realm of magic were exceptional. By the 1710s, Tia Dalma was already established on the Pantano River in Cuba, and was renowned to be a great voodoo mystic in the Caribbean. She was noted to came to be associated with many pirates and adventurers in the Caribbean. She returned to Jack the eye of Stone-Eyed Sam along with two beads that allowed him to summon the spirit of Montecuhzoma to defeat the phantom Hernán Cortés. Later, during a meeting with the crew of the Barnacle, Dalma professed to have divined something of Sparrow's future, and seemed to be aware that the Chest of Cortés would play a part in his later life. It was during this time that Dalma provided Jack with catnip; the means to return Constance Magliore to her human form, after Dalma herself transformed the girl into a cat. During Jack's quest for the Sun-and-stars amulet, Tia Dalma appeared in the swamps of Louisiana, not far from New Orleans, and spoke with Jack and his crewmember Fitzwilliam P. Dalton III. She advised them to find the golden gem and demanded something that Fitzwilliam lost to be handed over to her as a payment after the adventure. A few years later, Tia Dalma provided Jack with his compass; a mysterious device that pointed to that which its user truly wanted most.
Many years after she and Jack last parted ways, Sparrow returned to Tia Dalma in need of her assistance. Pursued across the Caribbean by the dreaded Kraken, Jack planned to find the Dead Man's Chest, and in doing so taking control of Davy Jones's heart, resting within, and ensuring his control over Jones and his Kraken. Although Tia seemed pleased to see Jack upon his arrival at her shack, she appeared more interested in his companion, William Turner, whose boyish good looks instantly charmed Tia. Jack was shocked when his old sweetheart ignored him and beamed an inviting smile at Will. Tia touched Will's face with her hand. "You have a touch of destiny about you, William Turner..." she told him; to Will's amazement, that she knew his name, though they had never met before. Jack, with more than a touch of jealousy wanted to get straight to business.
Overview
Personality and attributes
On her face, Tia Dalma had delicate patterns accentuating her hypnotic eyes. She had black teeth and blue lips, and has her hair in dreadlocks. She also wears a low cut dress that shows her cleavage and bare shoulders, and has a penchant for going barefoot. Tia Dalma's shack teemed with jars of weird objects, many of which used for her powerful incantations, including an iron-bound jar hanging from a rafter, filled with dozens of staring eyeballs. From a silver chain, usually worn around Tia Dalma's neck, hung a curious pendant, a magic necklace. Though the crab-shaped pendant was tarnished and has dulled with age, a mysterious face was still visible.
Tia Dalma had a flirtatious and playful personality who enjoyed speaking in riddles.
Powers and abilities
As Calypso, she was a powerful sea goddess with incredible power at her disposal.
As Tia Dalma, she was a practitioner of voodoo and was a hoodoo priestess with incredible power.
Her abilities allowed her to divine her target through scrying and could see through the cloud in a man's mind to his past and his future. She also possessed the ability to return the dead to life.
Notes
- Tia Dalma was created by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio where she was portrayed by actor Naomie Harris and featured in the setting of Pirates of the Caribbean.
In other media
Video games
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Appearances
- Pirates of the Caribbean:
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