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'''Solun Decius''' was a member of the [[Death Guard]] [[Space Marine Legion]].{{fn|1a}}

{{spoiler|source=The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)}}

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.{{fn|1b}} 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.{{fn|1c}}

After his injury Solun was confided to an isolation bay while [[Apothecary]] [[Voyen]] tried to find a cure for his ailments. Even on transfer to [[Rogal Dorn]]'s flagship, the [[Phalanx]], no cure could be found.{{fn|1g}}

Later, after completing their journey to the [[Terra|Terra system]], Solun and his fellow Death Guard loyalists were held in a fortress of the [[Sisters of Silence|Silent Sisterhood]], located in the [[Somnus Citadel]] on [[Luna]]. Here Solun finally gave in to the power of [[Nurgle]], allowing his corrupted body to be mutated into a [[daemon|daemonic]] entity, known as the Lord of the Flies. His body was twisted, having an arachnid-styled face with many eyes and mandibles for a mouth; his amputated hand had been remoulded into a bony, sharp appendage and his daemonic form had a swarm of insects surrounding him which healed injuries inflicted on him.{{Fn|1h}}

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}}

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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*1: [[The Flight of the Eisenstein (Novel)]]: