what was/is the Merovingians purpose?

**Caini**

The Oracle wrote:
What do want all men with power?
More Power!

His simply objective is get more power and have more control. Just for vanity I supose. ("Definetly my favorite sin" SMILEY

I believe he wrote the Twins by himself, just like that lovely chocolate desert.

**SolidRevolver**

cesspool wrote:

The twins probably come from the Ashencourt version of the Matrix, so honestly who knows. Seems like that version was created mainly to scare the crap out of bluepills.

Thats all I would do.

Hey Mr Bluepi... *BANG*

*Bluepill has heartattack*

**Nephilix**

Well, considering all the condemned programs he takes in, I'd have to say he's the Recycling Bin SMILEY

But seriously, very good points here. But I don't think he was a former One, as he says, "Your predecesors had more respect." Stating he had met them, it wouldn't really make sense if he was one. For the comment about the merv being like Neo before, I think it was refering to his personality or attitude. Maybe his aspirations to change the system and order of things in the faces of the machines, as opposed to now where he is more like an underground mob boss. I like the idea of an operating system though, it explains his desire to know what is going on everywhere, as well as his collection of programs.

As for the Twins, I see the similarities to agents, but the fact that they are known as The Twins seems to make a point of stating there are exacly two of them. But I could be drawing factual conclusions. Whatever, that's my thoughts.

minuend

Persephone is an out of date emotion study program. She's was replaced, her replacement was replaced. Her replacement is in MxO, so this is fact. I assume the story goes the Machines needed to study us emotionally so they could work out how to keep us asleep.

It's been said by a few LET characters the Frenchman is the same as Windows ME. Old, mostly useless, and forgotten. All his obsessions and abilities fit with the idea he was an OS. Never saw a clue as to what he was operating on, but the Hell version sounds like his style at the least..

Also I'm pretty sure it's official that the Frenchman and Persephone's "marriage" was a required part of their going exile. They might be the first, but I've seen possible "oops" points that suggest others were around first..

**TimeMaker**

The Merovingian never made sense to me. If those that are going to be deleted run to him, wouldn't the Machines give chase and delete him for hiding them? He even heads his own org and in the movies you never see him chased or anything, odd isn't it?

**TheEx**

I actually always assumed that his security was to great for the machines to get near him. Not only did he have access to the keymaker, therefore giving him access to thousands (if not more) of backdoor hiding places in the Matrix, also, his main building has every floor wired with explosives; and his home, the chateu(spelling) I'm sure is shielded from the machines somehow, probably by proxy or firewall of some kind.

The machines don't go after the Merovingian because they can't get at him, also, it would seem that though he is a nuisance to them, hording old programs and allowing new ones to be exiled, he still doesn't threaten the stability of the system itself, he is content with simply living as much like a god as he can. So I'm sure he isn't at the top of their hit list, though I bet they wouldn't think twice about pulling the trigger if they had the chance.

cesspool

If the machines made a concerted effort to take down the Merovingian they'd try their hardest to not actually delete him. I read some ingame note or other, from a mission or perhaps an NPC drop during an event, from Gray that pretty much said they need to take him alive if at all because with him under their control they'd know the location of (and quite possibly all the security measures employed by) all exiles within the Matrix.

**TheEx**

So he is more like a liability then? That also makes really good sense, man this is a pretty cool thread, I always liked the Merovingian...never work for the guy though SMILEY

**Villemar_MxO**

Just thought I'd throw my two cents in here. About a year ago I sent him a message basically expressing my thoughts that he must be more than a simple, cartoonlike Hobbsian villain that he appears to be. He responded that indeed that was the case, but in this iteration appears as everyone's favorite "bad guy," a role he rather enjoys at the moment. I quote his last line to me:

"Let those who see only what is right in front of their nose enjoy their short time mocking my current notoriety; to those such as you and I, who see further, it is all part of a larger plan."

Another thing to consider is that if in fact Morpheus is alive than he must have made some type of deal or bargain with The Merovingian to stage his death.

**ZaneZavin**

From the machine perspective, they allow him to stay because he controls the exiles. If he were not around, exiles could pose a much larger threat to both the stability and efficiency of the core program.

From his perspective, he has as many safeguards againts his deletion as is possible. Were they to go after him it would certainly be no simple task.

Staticzero

http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/..._id=35000003645

I believe this was the last time there was a posturing from the machines to the merv. .

**Caini** · 06/14/2007 04:20:15

I understand his twins are back in the game.

I'd like to see them in action too. Are they capable to fight agents?

If that's so, the Merovingian is more powerful than we think, therefore, he is a high treat to the system

**RemagDiv**

The Merovingian, as stated, was an Operating System for an older version of the Matrix. For which version we do not know, however my guess is that he was most likely the OS of a very early version of the Matrix. My guess would be the Ashencourt version, full of misery and destruction, prior to the Matrix we see in the first film. His line "Handle us? You'll handle us? You know, your predecessors had much more respect! Notice he says predecessors so he has dealt with Neo, the One before Neo, and I am sure even a few before that. Consider the fact that every One before Neo chose to rebuild Zion, so the Merovingian has been around for hundreds of years as an Exile inside the Matrix, dodging the upgrades of each system and continuing to function within it. Even though he is an outdated program, he is still the most powerful form of one. For instance, Windows Vista is far, far superior to Windows 95, however Windows 95 can still operate and perform its functions. I believe one of the main reasons he has not been deleted yet is because since he is an OS, he is almost impossible to track down and eliminate. As he said, it's his business to know. How do you perform a hit on someone who knows what's going on, how's it going down, when it's going to happen, and who's doing it? He also runs how Exiles manage within the Matrix. If he was deleted, Exiles would go on a rampage, causing mass instability of the simulation.