Merlin

"'I am your wise and magical companion. When you need assistance, summon me for a demonstration of my awesome, cyber-magical powers.'""~ Merlin"""

Merlin - a Microsoft Agent character made by Microsoft Corporation and was one of the first Microsoft Agents ever created. He came preinstalled on many versions of Windows, the most notable one being Windows XP. He is a wizard, and is often used for character intros by a lot of Microsoft Agent users.

Fact
Merlin supports the animations listed in the table below. Refer to Programming the Microsoft Agent Server Interface and Programming the Microsoft Agent Control for information on how to call the character's animations.

If accessing these character animations using the HTTP protocol and the controls get or server's Prepare method, consider how you will download them. Instead of downloading all the animations at once, you may want to retrieve the Showing and Speaking state animations first. This will enable you to display the character quickly and have it speak while bringing down other animations asynchronously. In addition, to ensure that character and animation data load successfully, use the Request Complete event. If a load request fails, you can retry loading the data or display an appropriate message.

Trivia

 * He was originally gonna be the XP Installation Guide Agent, but Microsoft then decided it should be Questiony the question mark.
 * He was created sometime in 1997.
 * His age is unknown, as Microsoft never revealed his age.