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'''Lord Commander Solar Macharius''' was one of the [[Imperium]]'s greatest generals. He led a seven year campaign in the [[Segmentum Pacificus]], leading [[Imperial Guard]] forces to conquer a thousand worlds during the [[Macharian Crusade]].
He was a ruthless leader, always pushing his men to more feats of daring and courage. Sometimes he would bombard planets into submission from orbit into submission, and sometimes he would order an entire world's [[population]] destroyed, but others he would allow to survive if they impressed him with their courage or resolve.
He was a very spiritual man, campaigning in the name of the [[Emperor]] and not just for his own selfish gain. He had consuming desires, such that they were his guiding force throughout the campaign. He was also followed by a trail of miracles, one such being that a bolter shell embedded in his chest but failed to detonate.
He commanded many forces and he had an equally notable [[General]], [[Sejanus]], who was always at his side. He was the one that told Macharius that his men would follow him no further, that [[Ultima Macharia]] was the end. They would not go into the [[Halo Zone]], outside of the reach of the [[Astronomican]]. Macharius wept as he heard of his mens ' refusal to go on, tears of rage and of sorrow.
Macharius had two ships vessels as his flagships in the campaign. First, he used the [[Mars Class Battle Cruiser]] [[Pax Imperium]], but when that was heavily damaged at the battle of [[Charaxdis]], Macharius was convinced to move his flagship to the [[Emperor Class Battleship]] [[Lord of Light]]. Macharius always prefered speed and agility, but his generals would not let him move off of the heavy ship. On Macharius's death, the Lord of Light was decommissioned and placed in orbit above the shrine world of [[Macharia]] as a tribute to in his honour.
Macharius' brilliance as a general is further acknowledged as the [[Macharian Cross]], awarded for innovative thinking in battle, is named after him.
