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[[Image:Samus-6SamusVsDorn.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Samus battles [[Rogal Dorn]] during the [[Battle of CalthSolar War]].{{Fn|4}}]]'''Samus (Daemon Prince of the Ruinstorm)'''{{Fn|6}} is the name of a [[daemon]] that was initially manifested on [[Sixty-Three-Nineteen]] near the end of the [[Great Crusade]]. The creature went on to plague the Imperium throughout the [[Horus Heresy]].
== History ==
Samus later possessed the headless corpse of [[Serghar Targost]] after [[Rama Karayan]] shot Targost through the head before he could invest [[Proximo Tarchon]] with a [[daemon]] in the bowels of the ''[[Vengeful Spirit]]''. He managed to kill [[Tubal Cayne]] before Tarchon destroyed Targost/Samus with his gladius.{{Fn|5}}
Samus' next manifestation took place during the final phase of the [[Solar War]]. He first took on the persona of [[Euphratii Keeler]] in the dreams of the [[Remembrancer]] [[Mersadie Oliton]], urging her to go to [[Terra]] and meet [[Rogal Dorn]] to deliver urgent news about [[Horus]]' plan. As Keeler escaped her captivity and journeyed to Terra, he took the form of the [[Navigator]] [[Nilus]] and appeared exclusively to Oliton, aiding her throughout her journey. Finally after being rescued by [[Garviel Loken]], Oliton was brought aboard the ''[[Phalanx]]'' to meet with Dorn at the height of fighting in the [[Sol System]]. Samus' plan was complete, and he manifested into the ''Phalanx'' directly through a [[Warp]]-eye implanted on Oliton years earlier by [[Maloghurst]]. Leading Daemonic hordes across Dorn's battlestation, Samus engaged the [[Primarch]] directly in combat. Though slain by Dorn, Samus was able to simply reincarnate himself into a new corpse and begin his rampage anew. He battled Loken once more, causing the [[Knights-Errant]] to go mad and revert to his "Cerberus" persona. In order to stop Samus, Oliton committed suicide in order to close the portal from which he had manifested. With her death, Samus vanished.{{Fn|7}}
== Powers ==
This was thought to be rebel propaganda broadcast over the communications network, even though there were reports of individuals without personal [[Vox-caster|vox-sets]] hearing the voice of Samus as ghostly whispers.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}} While the death of his mortal host incapacitated him for a time, he was eventually able to animate and change the body, taking on a gross, distorted aspect that featured a dog-like head, hunched posture and long claws.{{Fn|1c}}
==Images==
[[Image:Samus-6.jpg|thumb|center|Samus miniature]]
== Sources ==
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Vengeful Spirit (Novel)]], Chapter Twenty Two
*{{Endn|6}}: [[White Dwarf 67 (2015)]] — ''Forgeworld - Samus''
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]] - Chapters 19-22
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