Lord Commander Solar Macharius

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In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, Lord Commander Solar Macharius was a famous commander of the Imperial Guard. His conquest was only halted by the refusal of his men to continue. This refusal arose only when their path of conquest had reached all the way to the outer border of the psychic protection afforded by Emperor's Astronomican (at the far edge of the galaxy), beyond which warp travel would presumably be too dangerous. It is said that when Macharius learned that he would be unable to conquer any more worlds in the name of the Emperor, he fell to his knees and wept.

The rules for this character are no longer in print, but are available on the Internet on the Games Workshop website. [1]

Lord Commander Solar Macharius is based on Alexander the Great.

Many things and places throughout the Imperium have been named in honor of the commander, including the Imperial Navy vessel Lord Solar Macharius commanded by Captain Leoten Semper in the Black Library novel "Execution Hour," the Macharius-class heavy tank, and the battleship Macharia Victrix in the novel "Soul Drinkers." He is also believed to have been canonized as a saint, according to the newer Imperial Guard codex. The planet Macharia, in the Cadian system, was destroyed by Abaddon's Planet Killer during the 13th Black Crusade. Although not canon, the Citadel Foundation paint Macharius Solar Orange can be considered to carry the famed commander's name as well.

[edit] Title/name confusion

In older Imperial Guard codices, it was implied that Solar Macharius was his name, and that his rank was Lord Commander; however, revelations of "Lord Solar" being an auxiliary title for Warmaster (the latter held by the cursed traitor Horus, and thus rarely used) have led to questions as to whether "Solar" was part of his title, or part of his name. The newer Imperial Guard codex mentions the title of Lord Solar "most gloriously being held by St. Macharius," and the actual recorded dialogue (in the older Imperial Guard codex) between him and his deputy commander, General Sejanus, refers to him as "the Lord Solar." However, it is also possible that the rank "Lord Solar" was created after Macharius' death in his name.

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