O Merovingian é um programa extremamente antigo. A Oracle descreveu-o como sendo "um dos mais antigos de nós".
De acordo com a Wikia para os merovíngios , diz-se que ele tem uma conexão com a segunda matriz falhada.
A connection between the Merovingian and the second failed Matrix may exist. The Merovingian surrounded himself with henchmen with remarkable abilities that other programs do not show. The Oracle, Persephone, and the Architect alluded to these programs in various conversations involving Neo. These programs inhabited the ill-fated second Matrix in an effort by the Architect to establish a primitive level of choice through frightening the human populace. When the second Matrix failed, the Merovingian kept many of these old programs for his own devices.
Agora, no que diz respeito aos seus poderes, é porque ele é habilidoso em reescrever o código; seu papel original antes do exílio era atuar como o Sistema Operacional.
It has been confirmed that the Merovingian's prior purpose to exile was the Operating System (like Microsoft Windows or Mac OS X) for an earlier version of the Matrix, the second of the two Matrix betas. Thus the Merovingian's original role was a leadership position, coordinating activity and information in the Matrix beta. He would later make good use of these skills in exile as a power broker and trafficker of information. It also explains why the Merovingian is so skilled at rewriting Matrix code to create new custom objects.
As revealed in the Matrix Online: http://www.matrixresolutions.com/index.html?page=matrix_games_mxo_kids_blog
A citação específica que é da Matrix Online é a seguinte das Teorias do General. (O blog deveria ser um personagem do blog de Matrix Online Character que complementa e adiciona informações de histórias de fundo ... Foi escrito pelo Matrix Online Storywriter Paul Chadwick.)
Acredita-se que ele é semelhante ao Neo, mas nem de longe o seu poder. Sua limitação é que ele só pode manipular sutilmente a informação e não tem controle sobre a manipulação grosseira.Theories of the General (July 26, 2006) - The Kid presents a few theories about who the General is. He says he could be a misfit program who genuinely wants to help humans, or he could be a tool of the Machines. But he discredits both of these theories and leaves the question open. The Kid says something else that sheds quite a bit of light about the history of the Merovingian:
True, appearances do lie. There's no reason a sun-controlling program should look like a little girl. Or an operating system seem to be a sybaritic French gangster.
A primeira frase refere-se a Sati, e a segunda se refere a Merovingian. A segunda frase confirma minha teoria de que o Merovingian costumava ser o Programa Prime para as versões 0.8b e 0.9b da Matrix (veja Matrix System: Revision History).
As the Merovingian's power lies more in subtle rather than gross manipulation of information, he may not be a previous One.