After the humiliating confrontation with Fax, Mastersmith Fandarel removes all of his masters from Fax's holds. Other Craftmasters soon follow suit. The Masterminer moves his headquarters from Crom to Telgar. Idarolan, the Masterfisher, refuses to lay any new keels for Fax. The only craft which did not remove masters was the healercraft, for humanitarian reasons. Fax attempts to prevent the masters and journeymen from leaving his holds, with little success. A few days later, Robinton receives a message from Tuck that Fax had left for Ruatha with Dragonriders.