Davik Nettle's Diary/Ledger. Info 1

From what he writes at the beginning of the book, Davik was an engineer from Restov (remember Brevoy is mainly the union of two kingdoms, you can check it in the blog). Some years ago, he was contacted by a group of Restov merchants who wanted to increase the trade with the kingdom of Galt (to the south of the Stolen Lands). The only bridge crossing the Shrike River was in Mivon, one of the River Kingdoms, and the tolls to cross that bridge (and the danger of having to cross the Narlmarches wood to reach it) were too high. They convinced Davik to build the bridge and paid for the expenses. 

Davik did not intend to stay in the area, but in the process of building the bridge he developed a liking for the rugged beauty of the Kamelands (the hills just to the southwest of Brevoy that the Shrike River crosses) and decided to stay as toll master when the construction workers left. As he had enough money and received a nice bonus from the Restov Merchants Guild, he kept the tolls low. 

One of the first persons to use the bridge two years ago was Nugrah, a strange mendicant druid of Gozreh who was travelling with a teenage boy of 17 or so. The boy had scar marks in his face, as if he had been burnt in a fire, and the druid did not treat him well, as he was constantly hitting him in the back of the head and calling him names. Davik asked the druid to stop manhandling the boy, but the man told him to mind his business, as "his son was a lazy boy and a retard and needs to be taught discipline if I have to make a man out of him".