Editing D'ni Restoration Council (section)

=== 1997 – 2003 CE ===
During this time, the DRC operated in almost complete obscurity, unassumingly going about the mammoth task of restoring the D'ni Cavern for eventual exploration by the public. In July of 2002, [[Richard A. Watson|Dr. Watson]] and [[Rand Miller]] from [[Cyan Inc.|Cyan Worlds]] worked with [[authorized explorers|authorized explorer]] IMForeman to broadcast a live tour of the D'ni cavern to attendees at [[Mysterium]] in Philadelphia, PA. 

At the beginning of 2003, explorers began arriving in the cavern without the permission of the DRC. These individuals were let in by [[Yeesha]] and [[Jeff Zandi]], and forced the DRC to divert their efforts toward restoring a number of D'ni neighborhoods for those "unauthorized [[explorers]]" to inhabit. Later that year, the DRC began grudgingly accepting more of these explorers and unofficially opened the cavern to the public. That same year, the DRC announced that UbiSoft Entertainment had signed on to fund their restoration efforts.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20031217104048fw_/http://www.drcsite.org:80/pressroom.shtml GAME PUBLISHER CONTRIBUTES TO MASSIVE UNDERGROUND RESTORATION EFFORT]", DRC website, accessed July 5, 2017. Archived from the original on December 17, 2003.</ref>

Throughout the time that the DRC allowed unauthorized explorers into the cavern, they maintained an extreme displeasure for the meddling of Yeesha and Jeff Zandi in allowing the public into D'ni before the DRC was ready to accommodate them. Explorers were often cautioned against trusting their Relto Books to get them out of dangerous situations, and for a time, the DRC actively attempted to remove Bahro artifacts such as Journey Cloths from their locations throughout the Cavern and Ages.

This period is sometimes referred to as "The Second Restoration". A previous restoration effort was led by [[Atrus]] roughly 150 years prior, though it was abandoned in favor of resettlement in a new Age, [[Releeshahn]].