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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 theorised 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|2a}}

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}}