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Pontius was born around 993.[[M40]]{{Fn|2}}, the seventh son of the Glaw patriarch, Lord [[Oberon Glaw]]. As the seventh son, Pontius was denied access to the lion's share of his family's power and wealth, which was pieced out among his elder brothers. Left to his own devices, Pontius indulged himself in gambling and debauchery. Despite his keen intellect, cultured views, natural charisma, and a fine education, Pontius eventually became corpulent with excess. His early life, as well as his later infamies, were required reading for [[Inquisitor]]s in training, a stern lesson against wasting one's natural advantages on self-indulgence.{{Fn|1a}}
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}}