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Dalin Criid was born a citizen of [[Vervunhive]] on [[Verghast]] to parents Livvy and [[Gol Kolea]]. Dalin was still young at the time of the [[Zoican]] invasion in which his mother Livvy was killed. [[Tona Criid]], a Vervunhive gang-girl, took Dalin and his younger sister [[Yoncy]] under her wing and protected them during the Vervunhive siege. The trio lived rough in the ruins of the hive as the siege dragged on, stealing supplies from Imperial Guard regiments to survive. Dalin's small size made him able to steal from the [[Tanith 1st]] without being caught until the thefts were noticed by trooper [[Dermon Caffran]] who discovered the trio and, overcoming their initial mistrust, started helping Tona keep the children safe.
After the defeat of [[Heritor Asphodel]] and the end of the siege Tona signed up to join the Tanith 1st as a Guardsman, and she and Caffran found Dalin and Yoncy a place amongst the hordes of regimental hangers-on. They grew up following the regiment from world to world with Tona and Caffran as their adoptive parents. Unbeknownst to either of them their biological father, Gol Kolea, survived the siege of Vervunhive and after leading a scrap-company in its defence signed up as a Sergeant of the Tanith 1st. Gol was conflicted over whether or not to reveal his survival to his children but decided against it, knowing that Caffran and Tona were good foster-parents and not wanting to cause any emotional confusion in his children's lives. He was eventually talked around into meeting them but received a bad head-wound on [[Phantine (planet)|Phantine]] which destroyed his memory and personality before he could.
When Dalin came of age at 18 he decided to join the Tanith 1st as a Guardsman. By this point he was aware that Gol Kolea was alive, Kolea having apparently told him so after his miraculous recovery at the hands of [[Saint Sabbat]], but still considered Caffran his father. Dalin underwent training in a RIP squad (Retraining, Indoctrination, Punishment) where he was victimized by its Sergeant, Kexie. There he befriended [[Rhen Merrt]] who was in the squad as punishment for getting into gambling debt. Merrt stuck up for Dalin when Kexie punished him unfairly for doing well in a marksmanship drill. Dalin saw his first action on the Chaos-held world of [[Gereon]] during its liberation, where to his crushing disappointment he and the rest of the RIP detail where assigned as battlefield regulars instead of joining/rejoining their prospective regiments. Dalin fought bravely in the battle he was thrown into, showing great courage and initiative despite the overwhelming senselessness and brutality of the situation. During the fight he and Merrt saved each other's lives more than once and both came through alive, though Dalin was forever scarred by his initiation into war. Dalin and Merrt joined/rejoined the Tanith 1st after the liberation, where Dalin was stunned to discover his foster-father Caffran had been tragically killed by a frightened civilian child.
