Impediments of the Path

The Impediments of the Path was a title given to multiple high-ranking individuals who opposed the throughout the. Reduced to merely a hit-list by warriors who were not, the Impediments immortalises a group of strategists who, through courage, skill and honour in battle, inspiring awe and even fear in the species as a whole. Their ability to lead their armies or fleets without any thought to their own safety saw them becoming highly-prized targets throughout the Covenant's long history, and each was responsible for the deaths of thousands if not millions of warriors. The death of a single person on this list resulted in the slayer, their companies and even their ship receiving incredible amounts of recognition and glory from the rest of the Covenant, with actual mourning of their loss being done by fasting and prayer of those who held particular reverence for them.

Discounting who were kept within their equally-respected group, only seven people are counted as being apart of this elite force. There are no Impediments who are confirmed to be alive.