The zhian'tara was a Trill ceremony in which the present host can meet with past hosts. The personalities of past hosts are placed in the bodies of the current host's closest friends. (DS9 episode: "Facets"; DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Sins of the Mother") In the year 2376, during the USS Defiant's voyage in the Gamma Quadrant, Ezri Dax thought about returning to Trill when the mission was over to undergo the zhian'tara. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: This Gray Spirit) Jarem Kaz had not undertaken the zhian'tara as of 2378. (VOY novel: Old Wounds)
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| - The zhian'tara was a Trill ceremony in which the present host can meet with past hosts. The personalities of past hosts are placed in the bodies of the current host's closest friends. (DS9 episode: "Facets"; DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Sins of the Mother") In the year 2376, during the USS Defiant's voyage in the Gamma Quadrant, Ezri Dax thought about returning to Trill when the mission was over to undergo the zhian'tara. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: This Gray Spirit) Jarem Kaz had not undertaken the zhian'tara as of 2378. (VOY novel: Old Wounds)
- During the rite, the personalities and memories of the previous hosts are telepathically transferred from the host to the bodies of voluntary friends by a Guardian. The former hosts' personalities assert themselves and the new host can converse and interact with them; this allows the new host to "meet" the other hosts who had been, until then, only memories and emotions. The objective is to allow the new host to understand more completely how the past hosts influence the new hosts. It is up to the volunteer friends to decide when to release the consciousnesses back to the original Trill.
- The zhian'tara is a Trill ceremony, where a joined Trill meets their symbiont's previous hosts. A Guardian transfers the personalities and memories of a previous host to the current host's volunteers through telepathy. The former host's personality comes to the fore and interacts with the current host, allowing the current host to ask questions and learn more about the previous hosts. The rite gives the current host an insight on how previous hosts influence the symbiont and their joined behaviors. The volunteers can release the consciousness back to the symbiont.
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| - The zhian'tara was a Trill ceremony in which the present host can meet with past hosts. The personalities of past hosts are placed in the bodies of the current host's closest friends. (DS9 episode: "Facets"; DS9 - The Lives of Dax short story: "Sins of the Mother") In the year 2376, during the USS Defiant's voyage in the Gamma Quadrant, Ezri Dax thought about returning to Trill when the mission was over to undergo the zhian'tara. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novel: This Gray Spirit) Jarem Kaz had not undertaken the zhian'tara as of 2378. (VOY novel: Old Wounds)
- The zhian'tara is a Trill ceremony, where a joined Trill meets their symbiont's previous hosts. A Guardian transfers the personalities and memories of a previous host to the current host's volunteers through telepathy. The former host's personality comes to the fore and interacts with the current host, allowing the current host to ask questions and learn more about the previous hosts. The rite gives the current host an insight on how previous hosts influence the symbiont and their joined behaviors. The volunteers can release the consciousness back to the symbiont. The Symbiosis Commission requires all hosts to undergo the ceremony. (DS9: "Facets") In 2373, during Tawana Jonar's zhian'tara, two unintended side-effects emerged when Yh'ahni was Ulitania Jonar; it unlocked Yh'ahni's early memories, including her parents frantic battle and escape with unknown aliens, and triggered primal urges in Yh'ahni. (Star Trek: The Cantabrian Expeditions: "Finding the Edges of Who She Is") Birail Riyannis underwent her zhian'tara in 2410 while the USS Bajor was being refitted at Deep Space 9 for a mission in the Delta Quadrant. (Bait and Switch: "Tinker, Golfer, Doctor, Trill")
- During the rite, the personalities and memories of the previous hosts are telepathically transferred from the host to the bodies of voluntary friends by a Guardian. The former hosts' personalities assert themselves and the new host can converse and interact with them; this allows the new host to "meet" the other hosts who had been, until then, only memories and emotions. The objective is to allow the new host to understand more completely how the past hosts influence the new hosts. It is up to the volunteer friends to decide when to release the consciousnesses back to the original Trill. Zhian'tara is considered so important a ceremony that the Symbiosis Commission requires it be performed and will go to some lengths to see it done. (DS9: "Facets")
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