 Who is the Watcher?
The Watcher was four hundred years old; beside him even Groz, who had always seemed so ancient, was like a boy. The Watcher was broodingly silent; his eyes shifted to Neena, where she nestled by Var's side. That is the second part of the law the First Watcher made: to guard lest the unwary and the ignorant should bring harm on themselves and on all men." "Because of them we must build with dreams instead of iron, and our only fire is that of the Sun, and even now, two thousand years later, the Earth is still slowly recovering from the pangs and poison of that age. Before them death waited around the citadel where the masters still fought.
 Someone who has been granted the honor of watching over the mountain region
 Someone who has been granted the honor of watching over the mountain region  A man who was exiled from society because of violent tendencies  An old man who has retracted from society  An alien in charge of protecting the planet