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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.
Dalin's first campaign as a Tanith trooper occurred on [[Jago]] where he was placed in [[Flynn Flyn Meryn]]'s E company to take the spot left vacant by Caffran. He was frustrated by the special treatment he received as the foster-son of two famous Sergeants, wishing to be treated just like the rest of the troopers. After Captain Meryn's adjutant Fargher was killed by [[Blood Pact]] troopers Meryn made Dalin his adjutant, partly because of his parents but also because of his initiative and skill with maps. Encountering Gol Kolea on Jago Dalin seemed unaware that Kolea was his father in what is likely a continuity error by [[Gaunt's Ghosts (Novel Series)]] author Dan Abnett.
Towards the end of the siege of the Hinzerhaus by Blood Pact forces E company was tasked with defending L company as they secured vital munitions being airlifted in. After the destruction of the transport E company took heavy losses defending a secondary gate into the Hinzerhaus. Dalin and Captain Meryn were among the few survivors, heroically fighting off the Blood Pact until they were relieved by [[Ban Daur]]'s G company.
