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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 {{Samus}}, but is always slow. Unless she holds still, or backtracks suddenly, Coverns pose little to no threat whatsoever.
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.