In his youth, Huetchun Balak found an abandoned dwarf mine where he dug up silver and gold.  He paid workers to secretly dig out stairs on either side of the river's 30' cliffs so he could ford the river at the base of the stairs.  Succesful mining made him richer and he built the great bridge.  A mere 100' down stream of the bridge he built a dock that, with careful planting and pruning of white alder and weeping willow trees, in a mere 8 years was completely hidden by the trees, with a neat little tunnel of branches that gave access to small boats. When the wizard Cabel visited, one of the great hallways was hidden with clever secret doors.   He dug and expanded the rooms, and used simple tricks to hide a room on his own.  When Heutchun Balak found his own town of One Gap being run by no good ruffians, he began to stock pile weapons, food, and arms.  He had gathered quite a hoard when he was secretly observed by a Knight.  The Knight did not betray his secret right away but harbored the information to himself.
  Not long after, in a drunken stupor at a local tavern, the Knight betrayed his secret to Rowan Farsii, and Rowan made plans to rob Balak right away.  Huetchun Balak wanted to stir up a rebellion in his home town of One Gap.  He wanted to free his people from the rule of those terrible ruffians and bandits.   Because of Roman Farsii and the Melsahog, he never got the chance.