Phillip McCaffrey was a botanist and the father of @Margaret "Meg" McCaffrey. He was killed on the orders of @Nero.

History

Early Life

At one point Phillip McCaffrey met and had a relationship with @Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest and agriculture and had a daughter with her. He loved and cared for Meg greatly.

Throughout Meg's childhood, up until she was five, she and her father lived in @Aeithales in @Palm Springs, California. Aeithales was the place that he did all his research which eventually led him to discovering the seven seeds that would eventually grow into the seven primordial dryads, the Meliai. Dr. McCaffrey told Meg about the importance of the seeds and made her promise that they must be planted in Aeithales one day.

On the Run

Before he and Meg had the chance to plant the seeds, @Caligula managed to put Dr. McCaffrey under heavy debts through the use of his enormous amounts of assets, eventually driving him bankrupt and forcing him out of Aeithales. Caligula burned down Aeithales, with it, Dr. McCaffrey's work that spanned centuries, even thousands of years. However, the seven seeds were saved by a cactus named Hercules and hidden.

Demise

About one year after Aeithales burning, he was killed by Nero to ensure his daughter's loyalty to @Triumvirate Holdings. His body was discovered on the steps of the @New York Public Library in Midtown, with large gashes across his stomach.

Legacy

When Meg returned to the Aeithales, she was drowned in sorrow over the burning of her father's best work. She shows Apollo her memories of living in Aeithles and fleeting east when it caught on fire.

Later, she realized that she must fulfill her promise to her father by planting the seven seeds that had survived the fire, due to Hercules, the saguaro plant, burying them and hiding them for Meg. She manages to plant the seeds, eventually producing the seven primordial dryads, originally born when the blood of murdered Ouranos fell upon the soil of @Gaea.