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Many persons theorized that Pontius turned to [[Chaos]] in his late forties, seeking a way to restore the fortune and health that he had so foolishly wasted; yet even his more innocuous actions in his pre-Chaotic youth were tainted by brutality and ruthlessness: he made large sums of money by buying [[Pit Slave]]s and staging exhibitions famous for their cruelty{{Fn|1a}}
Pontius himself claimed that he was converted to Chaos in 019.[[M41]], when he was twenty-six. Buying a bestial Pit Slave named [[Aaa]], he was "rewarded" with Aaa's most prized possession, a golden torc that corrupted Pontius as soon as he put it on. He described his conversion as a glorious revelation, allowing him to see beyond the pale, featureless universe described by the [[Ecclesiarchy]].{{Fn|22a}}
After his corruption he became the leader of a [[Chaos cult]] that wrought havoc across the [[Helican]] [[sector]], gaining him the attention of the [[Inquisition]]. [[Inquisitor]] [[Absolom Angevin]] and his band hunted Pontius down and executed him with the aid of his own family (seeking to publicly distance themselves from their heretic kinsman).{{Fn|1a}} [[Commodus Voke]] was a member of Angevin's retinue during this famous hunt.{{Fn|1b}}
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Two centuries later, Inquisitor [[Gregor Eisenhorn]] became suspicious of [[House Glaw]], having heard references to something called "the Pontius" from the heretic [[Murdin Eyclone]] on [[Hubris]]. Investigating House Glaw, Eisenhorn discovered that "the Pontius" was a crystal that contained the essence of Pontius Glaw, and that his family had promised to resurrect him, in exchange for his vast store of [[Chaotic]] knowledge. House Glaw, far from being innocent of their kinsman's corruption, were immersed in it, engaged in their own plot to acquire the infamous [[Necroteuch]] from the [[Saruthi]] species, anticipating that it would bring them such power that they had no reason to fear the [[Inquisition]].{{Fn|1b}} Upon destroying House Glaw, Eisenhorn took Pontius' crystal into his possession and hid it away with an old friend, [[Magos]] [[Geard Bure]], on [[Cinchare]].{{Fn|1x}}{{Fn|22a}}
Eisenhorn was sometimes troubled by this decision, knowing that, logically, he was obliged to turn over the crystal to the [[Ordo Hereticus]] for destruction, but reasoned that Pontius's knowledge might be useful in the future. Eisenhorn's [[savant]], [[Uber Aemos]], added that the crystal device alone rightfully belonged to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], from whom it had likely been stolen, and was an invaluable piece of [[archeotech]].{{Fn|22a}}
Several decades later, Eisenhorn returned to Cinchare and offered Pontius a trade: he would have Magos Bure construct a mechanical body for Pontius to inhabit, in exchange for any information that he might provide on [[Daemonhost]]s; Eisenhorn knew that he was badly outclassed by the [[Radical]] Inquisitor [[Quixos]], whose most powerful weapons were the daemonhosts [[Cherubael]] and [[Prophaniti]]. Although Eisenhorn swore that Pontius would never be released from imprisonment, Pontius was so excited at the prospect of having a body to inhabit that he instantly agreed.{{Fn|22a}}
As he was leaving Cinchare to confront Quixos, Eisenhorn was troubled by the realization that, for all of Pontius's evil, Eisenhorn had enjoyed their conversations, and even more troubled by the thought that, except for his allegiance to Chaos, he was the sort of man that Eisenhorn would gladly have called a friend.{{Fn|22b}}
=== Final Death ===
**{{Endn|1b}}: Chapter Sixteen, pgs. 164-165
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Malleus (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett'''
**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter Twenty, pg. 464-470**{{Cite ThisEndn|2a}}: Chapter Twenty, pg. 264474-475
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Hereticus (Novel)]] by '''Dan Abnett''', {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Inquisition (Background Book)]], pg. 42