Merovingian (Earth-5125)

"You see there is only one constant. One universal. It is the only real truth: Causality. Action, reaction. Cause and effect."

- - Merovingian to Ludens

The Merovingian, also known as the Frenchman, was an old Program whose origins can be traced back to the second Matrix. Alongside his wife Lilith, he was able to escape from being erased and founded his own criminal syndicate, known as the Black Hand, where he helped to smuggle exiled Programs to the Matrix.

Biography
Little is known about the Merovingian aside from him coming from the second Matrix, described the Architect as the "place where nightmares came from". According to the Oracle, the Merovingian and Lilith are some of the oldest Programs, who arrived in the Matrix hundreds of years in the past.