In the third film, Will helps rescue Jack Sparrow from Davy Jones's Locker. He marries Elizabeth Swann before being fatally stabbed by Davy Jones. To save his friend, Jack Sparrow makes Will stab Jones’s heart, killing him and making Will the new captain. As captain, he may only return to shore once every ten years. Before he leaves, he and Elizabeth consummate their marriage and she falls pregnant. He departs, having left her his heart to protect. In a post credits scene ten years later, Will returns to shore to meet his son, Henry Turner.
