Phanhian

A Phanhian referred to the special bond between a Phanya and his Nakhian, and the only relationship allowed by the Ixians according to the Ixian Code.

History
under construction

Background
Phanhian ceremonies were normally done privately between the Phanya and the Nakhian. It was never done without the approval and consent of the Ixian High Council. In normal circumstances, a series of prayers based on the Ixian Code were recited first by both the Phanya and Nakhian. It was followed then with a blood oath and the threading of a portion of the Nakhian's hair in a braid by the Phanya. Afterwards, the Phanya reached out his own power of the Heir to link his to the Nakhian. The ceremony will be considered complete at the time that the mark of a Phanhian appeared on the Phanya and the Nakhian's left collarbone, just close to the place of the heart. Once the bond was broken, the mark disappears.

The bond was formed to allow the Phanya and Nakhian to grow close to each other. With the formed bond, both the Phanya and Nakhian could feel the presence of the other so easily, and feel the pain and the conflicted energy of the other. Normally, when one was injured, the other felt a numb feeling of pain as well on that specific part.

The bond though was not easily broken. Most of the time, to end a Phanhian requires the consent of the Phanya to let go off the bond if he trusted his convictions that his Nakhian could do so on his own and had a strong light force in him. For years though, Ixians believed that the bond was broken at the time that the Nakhian braid was cut off. It was only proven later on in Part IV: The Menace of Temptation that even though Cal's Nakhian braid was already cut off, Clideo never break the Phanhian bond between them. Also, the Phanhian could be broken by the death of the other.