▁heart ▁of ▁Dav y ▁Jones ▁and ▁also ▁had ▁him ▁forming ▁a ▁friendship ▁with ▁Dav y ▁Jones . ▁ ▁In ▁At ▁World ' s ▁End ▁Nor r ington ▁is ▁killed ▁by ▁Bootstrap ▁Bill ▁Turner ▁when ▁caught ▁res cu ing ▁Elizabeth ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁crew ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Em press . ▁ ▁S word sm ans hip ▁ ▁The ▁Ess ential ▁Guide ▁to ▁Pir ates ▁of ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁states ▁that ▁Nor r ington ▁is ▁fe ared ▁among ▁pir ates ▁for ▁his ▁naval ▁skills ▁and ▁sword sm ans hip . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁audio ▁comment ary ▁from ▁the ▁first ▁Pir ates ▁of ▁the ▁Car ib bean ▁DVD ▁featuring ▁the ▁script writ ers , ▁Nor r ington ' s ▁sword ▁fight ▁skills ▁are ▁equ aled ▁only ▁by ▁H ector ▁Barb ossa ▁and ▁sur pass ed ▁only ▁by ▁Will ▁Turner . ▁At ▁the ▁first ▁film ' s ▁clim ax , ▁Nor r ington ▁personally ▁f ights ▁K oe h ler , ▁a ▁senior ▁member ▁of ▁Barb ossa ' s ▁pir ate ▁crew , ▁killing ▁him ▁just ▁after ▁the ▁cur se ▁is ▁lifted . ▁ ▁We ap ons ▁Nor r ington ▁is ▁highly ▁sk illed ▁in ▁both ▁sword sm ans hip ▁and ▁fire ar ms . ▁His ▁sword , ▁a ▁small s word ▁with ▁gold ▁fil ig ree ▁in ▁the ▁handle , ▁is ▁a ▁symbol ic ▁plot ▁device ▁rec urr ing ▁throughout ▁the ▁first ▁three ▁films ▁that ▁t ies ▁Nor r ington , ▁S par row , ▁Turner , ▁and ▁Elizabeth ▁to ▁one ▁another . ▁According ▁to