Update:

Blacksmith clarified that he only cast degen since relocating to me wasn't a
big trouble to him, so his 'punishment' was in kind. Fair enough

I still think it amusing that he would be expecting money on the spot that I
never promised anyone. If I don't specify 'paying' in a request, I'll usually
xfer 500 gold once I'm at a bank, but it's certainly not something that should
be expected, and if nobody is willing to offer what I ask for pro-bono, THEN I
offer cash for it, in this case, I didn't have cash, Shimi did, and offered
(without my asking him to) to pay on wanted, then as mentioned was whisked
away. All events outside my control.

I also find it laughable that Blacksmith mentions I did not make it clear that
I had already gotten the restore when he relocced in, I would like to point
out that Blacksmith didn't ask me if I still needed it (which is just as much
of a common courtesy as my saying I had got it on channel), and that Typhos
had only just restored me prior to Blacksmith's arrival, the entire time me
being unable to see due to the dark.

I guess my point is, I probably would have been happy to transfer blacksmith
some money for his troubles once I was back at civ, but he acted like a cock
about it. Whether he was trying to teach the ignorant newbie a lesson in
batmud ettiquet, or what, I don't know, but those kinda things don't endear
you to people. Which probably explains why people don't seem to like him so
much.