Names of Ruination

In the Covenant's faith, the Names of Ruination are a list of destructive forces that led to the eventual extinction of the Forerunner, written in the Covenant's Liturgical Tongue.

Known terms

 * Lamesai Unesh Nok: First named in the Kandonom Codex, although it had been eluded to in many reliquary databanks discovered beforehand, the true meaning of the Lamesai Unesh Nok was not known to the Covenant until near the end of their civilization. Instead, most theologians believed that it referred to the inefficiencies of large civilizations, particularly those that are too bureaucratically organized to respond effectively to emerging threats. It was later discovered that it had, in fact, referred to an extra-galactic parasite known as the Flood.