Editing Richard A. Watson

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| born = June 8, [[1961 CE]]<ref name="drcsite_bios">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20040410220034/http://www.drcsite.org/archives/bios.shtml DRC Site Bios]", DRC website, accessed October 12, 2020. Archived from [http://www.drcsite.org/archives/bios.shtml the original] on April 10, 2004.</ref>
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'''Richard A. Watson''', Ph.D. is the former head of the [[D'ni Restoration Council]], and one of the leading experts on [[D'ni]] history, language, and culture. He is not to be confused with the [[Cyan]] employee of the same name.

== Career ==
Watson received a Doctorate in History from the University of Utah.<ref name="drcsite_bios"/> He was working in and researching the southwestern United States when, in [[1989 CE|1989]], his friend [[Elias Zandi]] informed him that he had made an enormous discovery in New Mexico: the [[D'ni cavern]]. The two established a non-profit organization called the [[D'ni Restoration Foundation]], and with assistance from other friends and colleagues, they explored and worked to restore the cavern until Elias's death in [[1996 CE|1996]].

In January, of [[1997 CE|1997]], Watson founded the [[D'ni Restoration Council]] to oversee the restoration efforts. He chaired the organization until late [[2003 CE|2003]], when the apparent death of DRC research engineer [[Phil Henderson]] drove him into despair. [[Reference:Richard_Watson,_personal_journal|Watson's journal]] was later found in the [[Great Shaft]], where he explained to those who might find it that he had left to seek out [[Yeesha]].

== Return to D'ni ==
In [[2005 CE|2005]], after the rest of the DRC and many of [[explorers]] had left D'ni due to a lack of restoration funding, Watson returned to complete Yeesha's failed quest to obtain the [[Tablet]], and ultimately freed the [[bahro]] by giving it to them.<ref>Dr. Watson. [[Reference:2007-09-11 Dr. Watson in the Watcher's Pub|In the Watcher's Pub, September 11, 2007]]. [[Myst Online: Uru Live]].</ref>

While the DRC returned to D'ni in early [[2007 CE|2007]], Watson did not join in their new restoration efforts. Instead, he returned publicly to the cavern in September of that year, warning explorers that the [[bahro civil war]] would come to D'ni, and that it was up to them to find a way to protect themselves from its impact.<ref>Dr. Watson. [[Reference:2007-09-11 Dr. Watson returns to the Cavern|In the cavern, September 11, 2007]]. [[Myst Online: Uru Live]].</ref> On [[November 16]], [[2007 CE|2007]], he also invited the [[D'ni Linguistic Fellowship]] to assist him in researching the [[D'ni language]], but since the re-closure of the cavern in [[2008 CE|2008]], that effort has apparently ceased.

== References ==

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