Posting from lynx for no particular reason other than I can...there's just something cool about text based browsing and I can't put my finger on it. (edited in safari...cop out tonight)

On the Mernovigain, there's something weird there, him being married to Persephine and all (Hades reference). After plugging "Mernovigian" into Google, I found two things: 1) Gave Frankish throne away to "mayors" who ran kingdom/court and eventually became Caroligians and 2) Gnostic sect claiming descendence from Christ. Okay, so I think the Mernovigian ran the Matrix creating Agents to make his job easier. The Agents took over and he lost his kingdom. Hence his collection of rogue programs and why the Agents didn't attack the Twins. Now to maintain any kind of power, the Mernovigian is forced to traffic in information and create "mystery"...I think my thought is half done but that's the gist.