 When the Spanish began destroying the Fountain of Youth, Groves' body was being carried away by two of his fellow officers.Ian Mercer, played by David Schofield, is Lord Beckett's facially scarred, loyal personal assistant in "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End".Despite serving faithfully in his official capacity as a clerk, Mercer often executes Beckett's more sinister agendas as an assassin and spy.