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'''Darr Vel''' was an [[Astra Militarum]] [[Major]], until the cowardice of his Commander caused both Darr and his brother to become prisoners of the [[Penal World]] [[Lost Hope (Penal World)|Lost Hope]].
==History==
However Lost Hope's [[Planetary Governor|Prison Governor]] [[Irena Kasky]] and her personnel were [[Heretic]]s, who mutilated the prisoners and even tore out the eyes of Darr's brother. This led the former Major and other prisoners to escape into Lost Hope's wilderness. There a bitter Darr did his best to take care of his brother and also became the escaped prisoners' leader. This bleak existence persisted for sometime, until [[General]] [[Creed]] came to Lost Hope, seeking a Penal Legion for his war efforts in [[Warmaster]] [[Ryse]]'s [[Crusade]]. Irena could not allow this, as the prisoners could revel her heresy, and she ordered an ambush against Creed and his Honour Guard. Creed survived however and was soon found by the escaped prisoners. They told him of the atrocities, Irena and her personnel had done to them, and blamed the Imperium, for abandoning them to madmen. When Creed then requested their aid in overthrowing Irena's rule, the prisoners angrily refused. The General persisted though and told them the [[Anckorite Brotherhood]] [[Cult]] and its leader [[Luciver Anckor]], who Creed was charged with killing, were on Lost Hope and were responsible for the horrors committed against the prisoners. His campaign against them had made them desperate Creed said, and if the prisoners aided him in contacting his warship, [[Magister Thine]], then the Cult would be broken.{{Fn|1}}
When the General was told the only comm on the world was in Irena's residence, he plainly stated that they would take the residence from her then. Darr Vel, then asked what they would get out of this and Creed told them he would take them with him and give them deaths that would earn them the Emperor's forgiveness. The prisoners readily agreed, but Darr told Creed he did not seek forgiveness - only vengeance for the wrongs committed against him and his brother. The escaped prisoners then named themselves the [[Lost Hopers]] and, with Creed leading them, they stormed Irena's residence. Though many of them died while fighting against not only Irena's personnel, but also the Anckorite Brotherhood and [[Chaos Space Marines]], they succeeded in taking the residence. During the battle however, it was learned that the Cult leader Anckor was using Lost Hope's prisoners to replenish the ranks of the Brotherhood. Though Anckor managed to escape their grasp, Irena was killed in the battle and Lost Hope was now firmly in the Imperium's hands. With that, the Lost Hopers were combined with the world's remaining prisoners and with Vel as their leader, they left with Creed to fight in the Warmaster's Crusade.{{Fn|1}}
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