▁World ' s ▁End , ▁Lord ▁C ut ler ▁Beck ett ▁reun ites ▁the ▁newly - prom oted ▁Admir al ▁Nor r ington ▁with ▁an ▁' old ▁friend ' ▁when ▁he ▁presents ▁him ▁with ▁his ▁sword . ▁But ▁Beck ett ▁fails ▁to ▁anticip ate ▁the ▁weapon ' s ▁powerful ▁emot ional ▁effect ▁on ▁Nor r ington — a ▁pain ful ▁rem inder ▁of ▁the ▁hon ou rable ▁man ▁he ▁once ▁was ▁and ▁its ▁strong ▁t ies ▁to ▁Elizabeth ▁Sw ann ▁and , ▁by ▁extension , ▁Will ▁Turner ▁and ▁Jack ▁S par row . ▁Nor r ington ' s ▁sword ▁ultimately ▁becomes ▁the ▁instrument ▁for ▁his ▁re dem ption , ▁using ▁it ▁to ▁free ▁Elizabeth ▁and ▁her ▁crew ▁from ▁the ▁F lying ▁Dutch man . ▁T rag ically , ▁he ▁is ▁mort ally ▁wounded ▁by ▁the ▁der anged ▁" Boot strap " ▁Bill ▁Turner ▁during ▁the ▁escape . ▁Dav y ▁Jones ▁offers ▁to ▁save ▁his ▁life ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁serv itude ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁F lying ▁Dutch man , ▁but ▁Nor r ington ▁def i antly ▁spe ars ▁Jones ' ▁shoulder ▁with ▁the ▁sword . ▁The ▁imm ort al ▁Jones ▁merely ▁extract s ▁the ▁weapon ▁and ▁claims ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁prize , ▁exc laim ing , ▁" N ice ▁sword !" ▁The ▁sword ▁eventually ▁returns ▁to ▁Will ▁Turner , ▁bringing ▁its ▁ownership ▁full - circle . ▁ ▁F ict ional ▁bi ography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁The ▁Navy ▁James ▁Nor r ington ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁book , ▁Jack ▁S par row : ▁