If you're hinting at who I think you are, and I'm pretty dang sure you are, he's got a history of packing up and leaving rather quickly. So it wouldn't shock me in the least to see him leave those "greener" pastures.
Kinda shocked to hear Duncan's name thrown into the ring. I had completely forgotten about his ties to the area, even though I'm close to Zipp's age (he's one or two, maybe three, years younger than I). And I had forgotten about him getting the snub when they hired Armes.
But as the old saying goes, time (supposedly) heals all wounds.