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The Merovingian
The Merovingian (sometimes called The Frenchman) is an old program that resides within the Matrix. Self-described as a "trafficker of information", The Merovingian behaves much as a leader of a powerful organized crime syndicate. He and his wife Persephone operate a smuggling ring providing a... -
The Architect
The Architect is a highly specialized program of the Machine world, as well as the creator of the Matrix. As the primary superintendent of the system, he is possibly a collective manifestation or perhaps a virtual representation of the entire Machine mainframe. The Architect was constructed by... -
Main Page
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Agent Smith
Agent Smith is a former Agent of the Matrix. After initially being destroyed by Neo, he became an Exile and manifested as a computer virus with the uncanny ability to copy himself over the minds of Bluepills, Redpills and programs alike. He is the main antagonist of the first three The Matrix... -
Neo
Neo is the main protagonist of The Matrix trilogy and a returning protagonist of The Matrix Resurrections. He's a legendary Redpill Resistance operative of the hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar and is prophecized by The Oracle to be The One - an individual capable of freeing the rest of humanity from... -
The Oracle
If I am the father of the Matrix, she...would undoubtedly be its mother.The Architect The Oracle is a program with such insight into human psychology that she has clairvoyant abilities. She was initially created to interpret aspects of the human psyche and was responsible for the key principles... -
Machine War
May there be mercy on man and machine for their sins.The Instructor The Machine War, also unofficially referred to as the First Machine War or the First Synthient War, was a massive global conflict fought between humanity and the rogue Machine nation of Zero One (01), whose armies of self-aware... -
Zion
The last human city, the only place we have left.Tank Zion is the last, only known human city on the planet Earth. The city is the launching point for The Resistance against the Machines that threaten their freedom. Zion, a city of over 250,000 humans, is actually a massive series of caverns... -
Seraph
Seraph[1] is an Exile acting as The Oracle's guardian. Very little is known about Seraph's personal life. What is known is that he believes that the best way to get to know a person is engaging in a fight with them, to test their power, skill, determination, and character, issuing challenges to... -
Morpheus
My beliefs do not require them to.Morpheus Morpheus is one of the main protagonists of The Matrix franchise. Morpheus is a Redpill Resistance operative who serves in Zion's defense force as captain of the Nebuchadnezzar. He believes in the Prophecy and devotes "all of his life" in search of The... -
Cypher
Cypher[1] (born Reagan) was a redpill assigned to the Zion hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar under the command of Morpheus. He also betrayed the crew of the Nebuchadnezzar to aid Agent Smith and help him acquire information about the Zion mainframe. He is the hidden secondary antagonist in The Matrix... -
01
01 (sometimes labeled Zero-One), also referred to by humans as the Synthient City and (archaically) the Machine City, is the home and capital sovereignty of Synthients. Located in the Middle East,[1] close to Mesopotamia, the "cradle of human civilization" aka the Fertile Crescent,[2] it was... -
Machines
A machine refers to any form of automated mechanism or mechanisms consisting of interrelated parts made to perform specific functions or work. However, in the far future of Earth in The Matrix franchise, the Machines were the common term for the new race of highly advanced artificial... -
Sentinel
A sentinel, also referred to as a "squiddy" by the Human Resistance, is an autonomous machine that serves the Matrix in reality. In series they are typically seen patrolling the ancient sewers and passageways of the dead human cities of old in search of human-controlled hovercraft or wandering... -
Trinity
The Oracle told me that I would fall in love, and that the man I loved would be The One. So you see? You can't be dead, because I love you. Now get up.Trinity to Neo. Trinity is a Zion operative, the first mate of the Nebuchadnezzar and the lover of Neo. Like the series' other principal... -
Agent
Agents were sentient security/eradication programs created within The Source whose primary function was to eliminate anyone or anything that could potentially reveal the truth of the Matrix to its inhabitants or cause harm to its system. Their directive effectively functions in parallel with the... -
The Second Renaissance
This article is about the two part Animatrix short film. For the historical era, see Second Renaissance. The Second Renaissance is a sequence in The Animatrix in which the story of the Machine War is told by The Instructor, an interpreter of the Zion Archives. The Second Renaissance is split... -
Switch
Switch was a crew member on the Zion hovercraft Nebuchadnezzar who, along with Apoc, fell victim to Cypher's fatal betrayal. Switch served as a guard or protector in their duties and was generally partnered with Apoc. They were part of the Matrix mission to rescue Neo and deliver him to... -
History
This page chronicles the history of The Matrix universe and the events that took place in it. Events: The Second Renaissance, Bits and Pieces of Information Humanity at the peak of human civilization Technology is advanced at a rapid pace Humanity is united in celebration as it develops the... -
Sati
Sati was an exile that was created without a purpose[1] by programs Rama-Kandra and Kamala. The Oracle, who protected Sati after she was smuggled into the Matrix, believed that the child would someday have a large impact on the future of both humans and the Machines.[2] Because Sati was created... -
Deus Ex Machina
The Deus Ex Machina[1] was the central interface of the Machine City, serving as the city and the machine's collective consciousness and "leader". It created a humanoid "face", similar to that of a human baby, from a swarm of flying insect-like droids, which it used to communicate. Neo, after... -
Bane
Bane was a crew member of the hovercraft Caduceus and a member of the Resistance. He later became the Real World vessel for a Smith. Bane was first seen in the Crisis Meeting with his crew mates. When the Crisis Meeting was interrupted by Agents, he and Malachi went deep into the sewers to evade... -
Tank
Tank was the operator of the Nebuchadnezzar. He was born naturally in Zion, brother to Dozer and Zee, and died young, sometime between his final appearance in The Matrix and the start of The Matrix Reloaded, of unspecified causes. He is succeeded in his shipboard duties by Link. Tank is played... -
The Matrix
This article is about the first film in The Matrix series of films. For the eponymous virtual reality construct, see the Matrix. For the franchise as a whole see The Matrix franchise. The Matrix is a 1999 epic science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis, starring Keanu... -
Real World
The Real World is a term the redpills use to refer to reality, the true physical world and life outside the Matrix. As human technology advanced into the 21st century, humanity's so-called civil societies soon fell victim to vanity and corruption. Then scientists perfected artificial...