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The D'ni Restoration Council ('''DRC''') was started in the mid- 1990s by '' Dr. Watson '', an Archaeologist who wanted to start an expedition to the caverns of D'ni with a small team, in an effort to restore some of the Ages that were abandoned after the fall of D'ni. The DRC was the official organization that grew out of the D'ni Restoration Foundation, which was headed by Watson's friend Elias Zandi before his death exploring the D'ni caverns. Before the DRC disbanded, five people headed the council; as of 2006 all except for Dr. Watson have been seen in D'ni again.
Opening and Closing of D'ni In late 2002 after having made much progress on the restoration of D'ni and the Ages, the DRC started letting strangers into the caverns as visitors, albeit only under very strict terms so as to keep explorers and historic areas safe and secure. Using the D'ni neighborhoods that lined the cavern walls as entry points, explorers were at first assigned to specific hoods and then later given the choice of many different explorer-founded ones, reflecting separate ideologies within D'ni. In late 2003 tensions in D'ni escalated between the DRC and incoming explorers that advocated a quicker safety process and the ability to go to more Ages regardless of DRC involvement. Despite this fact, there were still unavoidable safety hazards, one of which resulted in the presumed death of a DRC engineer, Phil Henderson , in December 2003. This disaster, the second death in the restoration's history, drove Dr. Watson to leave the restoration on his own journey. After Watson's departure, the remaining four DRC members attempted to be more open with explorers to compensate for the lack of progress, opened selected areas of Ae'gura (such as part of the Library), and promised the restoration of other Ages to be quicker in the future. In February 2004 , unfortunately, the DRC disbanded due to lack of funding and the restoration project of D'ni and its Ages was abandoned. All members of the DRC left except for Douglas Sharper , who felt compelled to stay for longer. Rebirth of D'ni? In August of 2004, Victor Laxman oversaw the re-opening of the cavern to explorers; however, aside from securing the areas opened to explorers, no further restoration efforts took place. In December 2005 , though, Victor Laxman began posting on the drcsite.org forums, filling old and new explorers with hope that the restoration of D'ni would begin again. Following this, every member of the Council (excluding Dr. Watson, whose wherabouts are still unknown) has returned to D'ni, and it appears that efforts are underway to secure new funding for the restoration. In late February of 2006, Marie Sutherland called for explorers to pick five liaisons from among themselves to communicate between the community and the DRC in an effort to solve the problem of poor communication that had plagued D'ni during its opening in 2003. Elections were held during from April 4-14. The following day, the selected liaisons gathered in D'ni for their first talk with the DRC, during which they learned of a new Age, Eder Delin, and the DRC's plans to stage a series of 'town hall' style meetings in various hoods to address questions. Presently, the DRC have been working on restoring smaller Ages (due to their limited resources) and improving relations with explorers. They have also been involved in smaller miscellaneous projects, such as D'ni technology and plans to restore the lake algea to their day/night cycle. However, few of these and other projects can actually be completed until full funding is restored. Currently, aside from Blake Lewin (of Turner Broadcasting) the mysterious benefactor of the DRC remains a mystery, and likely will not be revealed until a further announcement regarding funding is made. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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