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In the Matrix series, Club Hel is a nightclub run by the Merovingian, a ruthless, powerful elder program in the Matrix. The club appears in the film The Matrix Revolutions
and the game The Matrix Online
.

It is located in the basement level of a building in the Matrix megacity. The entrance is guarded by armed supernatural programs with gravity-defying capabilities.

In The Matrix Revolutions, Morpheus, Trinity, and Seraph defeat these guards before proceeding to the inner chamber. Here they meet with the Merovingian to barter for Neo's escape from the Mobil Avenue Station, a computer construct run by the Merovingian's henchman, the Trainman. After Trinity starts a fight and creates a Mexican standoff with the Merovingian, Neo is freed.

While the name of the club conjures images of Christianity's mythological Hell, the name is actually drawn from the realm of Hel in Norse Mythology, where a godess by the same name ruled over the spirits of those who died ingloriously and those who broke oaths. Similarly, the Merovingian does many dealings with the Exiles in the Matrix universe, the programs who have broken their oath to report for deletion.

The name of the Merovingian's wife Persephone is a reference to Greek mythology, in which Hades, the god of the underworld, kidnapped and married a young maiden named Persephone, who always remained resentful of him and unhappy with her marraige even though she could never leave. Similarly, The Matrix's Persephone is constantly working against her husband and trying to undermine his endeavors, even though there is never a mention of the possibility of their seperation.

The decor of this club is most theological and mythological in nature. For example, Eve of biblical fame can be seen in the background holding the forbidden fruit of knowledge, which she had eaten and fed to Adam. By Christian mythologies she would have been cast into Hell, hence her apperance in the club.

The club is a depiction of a fetish nightclub, filled with stereotypical members of goth, punk, and other modern subcultures. It is similar to the club in the first Matrix film in which Neo first meets Trinity.

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