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A '''Covern'''<ref name="Super Metroid Manual">{{Cite manual|COVERN/These souls of shipwrecked creatures turn into evil spirits that wrap themselves around intruders.|Super Metroid|33}}</ref> (or a '''Koben'''<ref name="Super Metroid Guide">{{Cite book| quote= KOBEN/'''Wrecked Ship.''' They will appear only when the power is off.| book= Super Metroid Player's Guide| publisher= Nintendo| page= 16}}</ref>) is a cluster of souls from the astronauts who had once piloted the [[Wrecked Ship]] before it had crashed into [[Zebes]]. This cluster has, collectively, become an evil spirit, and roams the ship. | A '''Covern'''<ref name="Super Metroid Manual">{{Cite manual|COVERN/These souls of shipwrecked creatures turn into evil spirits that wrap themselves around intruders.|Super Metroid|33}}</ref> (or a '''Koben'''<ref name="Super Metroid Guide">{{Cite book| quote= KOBEN/'''Wrecked Ship.''' They will appear only when the power is off.| book= Super Metroid Player's Guide| publisher= Nintendo| page= 16}}</ref>) is a cluster of souls from the astronauts who had once piloted the [[Wrecked Ship]] before it had crashed into [[Zebes]]. This cluster has, collectively, become an evil spirit, and roams the ship. | ||
Its body consists only of ethereal skulls that continuously materialize and dissipate from the physical realm. It uses this to try and appear directly on top of | Its body consists only of ethereal skulls that continuously materialize and dissipate from the physical realm. It uses this to try and appear directly on top of [[Samus Aran|Samus]], but is always slow. Unless she holds still, or backtracks suddenly, Coverns pose little to no threat whatsoever. | ||
Once Samus returns power to the Wrecked Ship, the Coverns shy away from the light and vanish from then on. | Once Samus returns power to the Wrecked Ship, the Coverns shy away from the light and vanish from then on. |