Persephone (Earth-7954)

"Cause and effect, my love."

- - Lilith to the Merovingian

Persephone is the wife of the Merovingian and one of the leaders of the Black Hand, overseeing all of its operations from their chateau. Despite being seemingly loyal to her husband, Lilith actually sought to get rid of him, betraying him for the Resistance.

Biography
Born in the second Matrix alongside the Merovingian, she and her husband were able to avoid deletion by the Architect and became Exiles, settling a chateau and the restaurant Le Vrai, in the newly formed Matrix and establishing a criminal empire they called the "Black Hand". While the two of them were of equal importance to garner followers and make the Hand a feared name, the Merovingian claimed all success to himself.