Captain (5.11)

This captain buys Liam and Killian Jones from their father, forcing the boys to work as his slaves. He appears in "Swan Song".

Before the Curse
Killian's eyes open during the middle of the night, but his father is gone, as is the fire in the lantern, meaning the cabin has been plunged into near darkness. Killian sees the empty candle swinging there unmanned before finally getting up out of bed and approaching his sleeping brother Liam, who refuses to wake up despite his sibling's claim that their father is gone. The young future pirate then tries opening the door to the cabin, only for the old ship captain to walk on through and ask him, in an intimidating manner, if he's looking for his father, then telling him to look "out there" because Brennan rode away an hour ago. Killian doesn't understand, wondering why his father would do such a thing, and the captain pushes the young boy back down onto his bed as he himself sits there, explaining to him that his father isn't who he thinks: he's a thief, a fugitive from the law, and heard that there'd be soldiers at the next port, so he bought an old rowboat and left. Killian wonders why he would leave his two sons, to which the captain asks how the boy thinks his father paid for the boat. "He traded you, and your brother, into my service." He stands back up, and Killian follows suit in protest, unable to accept what his father has done. Before leaving, the captain comments that now Killian knows the kind of man his father really is, and Killian is left devastated.