Hadras

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Hadras
Biographical information
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	None
Died	Calipso's maelstrom off the Shipwreck Island
Statistics
Weapon(s) owned	Knuckledusters
Ship(s) captained or crewed	Flying Dutchman
Affiliation	Davy Jones
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Dead Man's Chest
Latest appearance	At World's End
Portrayer	Ho-Kwan Tse
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"Your bravery is wasted. I shall pry the chest away from your cold… dead… hands."

―Hadras to James Norrington^[src]

Hadras served as a crew member aboard the Flying Dutchman under the command of Davy Jones. As with other members of the crew, Hadras had, over time, taken on aspects of the sea flora and fauna the crew resided amongst. He spoke Cantonese, possibly indicating his place of birth.

[edit] Biography

"Aunido! Aunido! Follow my voice! Follow my voice! To the left—no, turn around! Go to the right, go to—no…that's a tree."

―Hadras to his headless body^[src]

Hadras's body was covered with coral and barnacles, though most notably was the fact that his head was ensconsed within a conch shell. More, his head had in fact transformed and merged into a hermit crab that could move independently of his body, propelled by a number of small, crab-like legs.

During the fight for the Dead Man's Chest on Isla Cruces, Hadras's head became detatched from its body thanks to a well-aimed coconut thrown by Jack Sparrow. The head was forced to shout directions as Hadras's body blundered about blindly trying to relocate it. He managed to pick up his head, and carried it under one arm.

Hadras later confronted James Norrington, in possession of the chest, who, in an act of apparent cowardice, threw the chest into Hadras's arms and fled. However, this meant the pirate was forced to drop his head to catch the chest, and his body forgot to retrieve it when the rest of the crew arrived. Hadras's body raced with its fellow crewmen back to the Flying Dutchman, with his disembodied head scuttling after, desperately trying to catch up.

During the battle around Calypso's maelstrom, the Dead Man's Chest landed on Hadras' head, pushing it into his torso and sending him toppling overboard.

[edit] Behind the scenes

Hadras was portrayed by two actors: Ho-Kwan Tse and Reggie Lee, who would later play the Chinese pirate, Tai Huang. Reggie Lee played Hadras in his headless form.

In the original script, Hadras was depicted as speaking a mixture of Japanese and English rather than Cantonese and English.

[edit] Appearances

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (First appearance)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

v • d • eCrew of the Flying Dutchman
Captain: Davy Jones Angler – Broondjongen – Brinescum – Cannon Arm – Clanker – Crash – Dreg – Finnegan – Flotsam – Greenbeard Hadras – Jelly – Jericho – Jimmy Legs – Koleniko – Maccus – Manray – Molusk – Morey – Ogilvey – Old Haddy – Palifico – Penrod – Piper – Quartermaster – Quittance – Ratlin – Seabeard – Spineskull – Torrents (formerly) William Turner Sr. – William Turner Jr. (formerly) – Turtleman – Two Head – Urchin – Wheelback – Wyvern Captain: Davy Jones (controlled by Lord Cutler Beckett) Admiral James Norrington – Angler – Broondjongen – Brinescum – Cannon Arm – Clanker – Crash – Dreg – Finnegan – Flotsam – Greenbeard Hadras – Jelly – Jericho – Jimmy Legs – Koleniko – Maccus – Manray – Mercer – Molusk – Morey – Mullroy – Murtogg Ogilvey – Old Haddy – Palifico – Penrod – Piper – Quartermaster – Quittance – Ratlin – Seabeard – Spineskull – William Turner Sr. – Turtleman – Two Head – Urchin – Wheelback – Wyvern Captain: William Turner Angler – Crash – Finnegan – Greenbeard – Jelly – Jimmy Legs – Koleniko – Maccus – Manray Ogilvey – Old Haddy – Palifico – Penrod – Piper – Quittance – Ratlin William Turner Sr. – Two Head – Wheelback – Wyvern
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