When installing k3s in HA mode does the first master get setup as standalone control plane?

when installing k3s in HA mode does the first master get setup as standalone control plane in all cases? I see how control plane 2 and 3 are setup to communicate back through the loadbalancer vip but how is control plane 1 (initial) communicating back via this vip? Or does it not even make a difference?

also if you lose any of these control planes, like control plane 1, does the cluster keep working with 2 and 3 behind the vip?