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{{spoiler|source=The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)}}
===Loyal Astartes===
Decius was the youngest member of [[Space Marine Captain|Battle-Captain]] [[Nathaniel Garro]]'s [[Space Marine Command Squad|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 of Mankind|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}}.
Much later in the Heresy shortly before the [[Siege of Terra]] the voice of Solun Decius appeared to goad Garro and his [[Knights-Errant]] during a purging of [[Chaos Cultist]]s on [[Terra]]. Decius admitted that he had been consumed by the Lord of the Flies, and that now remained was a Daemon. This creature later revealed that he now possessed the body of [[Meric Voyen]], forcing Garro to put down yet another friend. However after Decius' death, the Lord of the Flies then took over the body of [[Macer Varren]]. Varren was able to kill himself rather than be controlled by the Daemon, but the creature continued to battle with Garro and [[Garviel Loken]]. However shortly after [[Malcador the Sigillite]] appeared and atomized the Daemon with nuclear fire. Malcador states that despite his victory, the Daemon did not experience a [[True Death]].{{Fn|3}}
== Relics ==
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}}
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