Pontius

Pontius is a major character in The Dhavas. He is the most powerful of the manis tamed by Kenji, one of the main companions of Michael.

Pre- The Dhavas
Little is known about Pontius' first years of life. It is known, however, that he had human-level intelligence and was infamous in a Hananese city for lurking around the suburban streets at night.

He would often approach any humans he would see at night; although most ran away from him, as for the few who did not, he would offer them written cryptic riddles. Anyone who would answer a riddle correctly would win ownership of him.

After a few months of first entering public knowledge, Pontius met Kenji, a young aspiring tamer. When he offered Kenji a riddle, Kenji, having read the taming book from which the riddle was derived, answered correctly. Pontius subsequently surrendered to Kenji; he was named "Pontius" simply because Kenji thought it sounded neat, and sounded kind of like the word "pointy" (referring to Pontius' horns and sharp claws).

During The Dhavas
Pontius sees competing the Arberre circuit as not only a part of his goal to achieve unparalleled power, but also a personal commitment not to disappoint Kenji.

Pontius forms both a deep rivalry with and love for Dante, being jealous of his powers but also viewing them as complementary rather than explicitly-superior.