Yonhet

The Yonhet are a humanoid species native to the far borders of the former Covenant's interstellar empire, referred to as the "Fringe".

History
The Yonhet are known to have been associated with the Covenant for a time before the Human-Covenant War. Considered militarily insignificant and having a comparatively small population, they were not formally anexed and conscripted as was the case of the Unggoy. Operating commercially as an associated entity, they were free to trade within the Covenant empire, proper. They had interests in trading with the humans upon discovery of their existence, but the subsequent war with the Covenant prevented them from fulfilling their wishes. After the war's end in 2552, they began limited operations with human worlds such as Sedra.

Culture
What is known of Yonhet culture is predominantly with commerce and relic hunting, noticeably overlapping with the Kig-Yar race. Like the Kig-Yar, they also had little interest in the Covenant religion, though were nonetheless interested in Forerunner relics. The Sangheili generally consider the Yonhet more trustworthy business partners to the Kig-Yar owing to the latter's tendency for piracy.

Homeworld
The Yonhet homeworld is a small moon called Yonhe, some distance away from the human-Covenant border.