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'''Solun Decius''' was a member of the [[Death Guard]] [[Space Marine Legion]].

Decius was the youngest member of [[Space Marine Captain|Battle-Captain]] [[Nathaniel Garro]]'s [[Command Squad]], and had a hard and determined edge to him that seemed out of place on such a young countenance. Nevertheless, his eyes were bright and he was often awash with excitement at the possibility of earning glory for his [[Primarch]]. Decius favoured quickly closing to engage hand-to-hand with the enemy, instead of the customary Death Guard habit of a methodical, gun-line assault. His weapon of choice was a [[Power fist]]; he was particularly adept with the brutal weapon. Decius was loyal to Garro, and did not join the [[warrior-lodges]] that existed inside the Death Guard as a result of Garro's expressing his disapproval of the lodge{{Cite This}}.

Decius's life was saved by Battle-Captain Garro on [[Isstvan Extremis]], when Garro pushed him out of the path of the attack of a [[Warsinger]]. Decius and the badly-wounded Garro then fought back to back amidst a swarm of enemies until the conclusion of the battle{{Cite This}}.

As a member of Garro's command squad, Decius was fated to be aboard the frigate ''[[Eisenstein]]'' when Garro took control of the vessel and fled the [[Isstvan III|Isstvan system]] in an attempt to bring the [[Emperor]] a message of [[Horus]]' treachery{{Cite This}}.

During the flight of the ''Eisenstein'' Solun took part in what was possibly the first battle against [[Plague Marine]]s. Despite killing a great number of his reanimated, traitorous former comrades, Solun was finally laid low by an attack from a [[Plague Knife|plague knife]]. In a final act of defiance Solun cut off his own arm in a vain attempt to halt the rampant infection attacking his body, a disease now known as [[Nurgle's Rot]]{{Cite This}}.

In this state Solun killed two of his brother marines who were standing vigil over his prone form. Later, after killing many of the other people in the Sisterhood's care, Solun was finally slain on the surface of Luna by Captain Garro, his former captain and mentor.{{Fn|1x}}

In an attempt to rid himself of Nurgle's Rot, Decius cut off the hand inside his power fist; he did not succeed. The power fist was thought lost, but was recovered later in [[Subsector Aurelia]] by the [[Blood Ravens]] during the [[Second Aurelian Crusade]]. Known as the [[Mephitic Perdition of Flies]], it was still a potent weapon, but infested with Nurgle's power.{{Fn|2}}

*{{Endn|2}}: [[Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising]] - — Wargear selection screen

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