Some prisoners from the Field of Blood were still held at Aleppo at the time of the second battle of Danith, and new prisoners were added. The first news reaching Sulayman ibn Ilghazi, castellan of Aleppo, was that Ilghazi and Tughtakin had been defeated and killed. This caused rejoicing among an opposition group in Aleppo - thus puzzling the Frankish prisoners. Later, Christian heads were thrown into their cell to confirm a Muslim victory, but the truth became known secretly. Then Ilghazi and Tughtakin themselves arrived, exhausted and without weapons, and began to drink, while spreading news that there had been a great victory and seeking to terrify the prisoners. Robert fitzFulk was passed between the two, each asking the other to kill him. Finally Tughtakin beheaded him and had a cup made from his skull. [Usama claims that Ilghazi asked Tughtakin to scare Robert into raising his ransom price, and Tughtakin replied that beheading was a good way to scare him.] Tughtakin wanted to slaughter all the prisoners in a kind of purification ritual, but Ilghazi reminedd him that they still needed money and ways to put pressure on the Franks. But death by mutilation continued. As the two got more intoxicated martyrdoms became more bizarre, in front of most of the people of Aleppo. A man they thought was a priest was killed at once. 37 were killed at the same time. Sanson of Bruera saw a vision of 24 comrades, and all these were killed. The killing was interrupted by the arrival of a horse, a gift to Ilghazi. One corpse moved itself from one place to another, astounding everybody. Much of the narrative is written as an eyewitness report by Walter the Chancellor