Mallif Cove was an island on the Core planet of Recopia, inhabited only by a small village of eccentric monks known simply as the Mallif. These green-cloaked religious recluses were the descendants of the Seyugi Dervishes, a fanatical cult of Force-using assassins who once menaced the Core systems. At some point, the monks forgot their ancestors and were unaware that in the deepest levels of their fortress, the Seyugi Dervishes lay in hibernation, waiting to be awoken.