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Evil-doer
Alias
Captain Teach
Captain Blackbeard
The Pirate All Pirates Fear
Occupation
Pirate
Powers / Skills
Goals
Drink Water from the Fountain of Youth mixed with a Mermaid's Tear from the Chalices of Ponce de Leon in order to gain eternal life and cheat the prophecy of his fate (failed).
Crimes
Type of Villain
Sadistic Immortality-Seeker
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Ship(s) captained or crewed
- "If I don't kill a man every now and then, they forget who I am."
- ―Blackbeard to Angelica[src]
Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious pirate who operated in the West Indies throughout the 18th century, specifically during the 1750s. The blackest soul and the darkest heart of any pirate who ever lived, striking fear into the bravest of sailors, Blackbeard was a name uttered in terror by all who sail the sea, or any unfortunate enough to encounter him on dry land. Blackbeard's many exploits became the stuff of various myths and legends of pirate lore, including the legend of being beheaded by Royal Marines during the battle of Ocracoke Inlet in 1718.
Originally an Englishman who began his career as one of the many privateers dispensed by KingGeorge to raid enemy ships during war, it wasn't until he struck out as a free agent that his true legend was born. He became a renowned pirate, his c
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Blackbeard
English pirate (1680–1718)
For other uses, see Blackbeard (disambiguation).
Edward Teach (or Thatch; c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before he settled on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop that he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Their numbers were boosted by the addition to their fleet of two more ships, one of which was commanded by Stede Bonnet, but Hornigold retired from piracy toward the end of 1717, taking two vessels with him.
Teach captured a French slave ship known as La Concorde, renamed her Queen Anne's Revenge, equipped her with 40 guns, and crewed her with over 300 men. He became a renowned pirate. His nickname derived from his thick bl
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