After Meg and Apollo (who was trapped in a mortal form as punishment by Zeus) found the antechamber to the Grove of Dodona, they finally see that he is trying to burn down the grove. Nero first appeared talking to Python in Delphi. Through his sophisticated manipulation over the years, Nero lead her to believe that he and 'The Beast' (which he claimed killed Meg's father) were two separate people and made her unquestionably loyal to him. Nero has influenced many events in history via Triumvirate Holdings, also using the company to supply funding to both Luke Castellan (during Percy Jackson and the Olympians) and Octavian (during The Heroes of Olympus).Īt an unknown point in time, Nero killed Meg McCaffrey's father Philip, and proceeded to take in and raise her as his own daughter. When he was thirty he became a god-emperor. He burned Christians alive at his parties. He was married three times and became a widower as many times. He was responsible for the fire of Rome and only acted when the flames threatened his manor. Nero was born in in 37 AD, the last of the dynasty of Julius Caesar. He is based on the real life emperor Nero. He is a descendant of Apollo (the Greek God of the Sun), the nephew of Caligula, the stepfather of Meg McCaffrey (a demigod daughter of Demeter, Greek Goddess of Agriculture), a member of Triumvirate Holdings (alongside Caligula and Commodus). He serves as the main antagonist of the first book 'The Hidden Oracle', and one of two main antagonists (along with Python) of the fifth book, 'The Tower of Nero'. Nero, also known as The Beast, is is one of the main antagonists of Rick Riordan's Greek mythology book series The Trials of Apollo, which is a sequel series to Riordan's other two series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and The Heroes of Olympus. ~ Nero to Meg McCaffrey about burning the Grove of Dodona ( The Hidden Oracle). Let us do this together, and not involve the Beast, shall we?

And the only way to do that is with a true conflagration-flames stoked by blood. Like any invasive weeds, they must be burned. But these nonsense-spewing trees stand in our way, Meg.

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