When the eternal Sersi became sick with the "Mahd Wy'ry" disease, a uncurable degenerating Eternal disease, Ikaris and others eternals tried to bring her to Olympia and perform a rite of Cleansing. However Sersi rejected the idea, on the basis that the ritual was designed to kill the infected Eternal, and solicited his family to perform the "Gann Josin" bond between her and her lover the Black Knight. Ikaris was furious by the idea, and performed the bond without consent of the Knight.