You would think negotiating a prisoner exchange would be the only thing to do with prisoners of war. Their really stretching it for us to believe that no one in there history has ever even thought of a prisoner exchange
@Rayodino to be fair, prisoner exchange in our medieval history is similar...
Knights? Royalties? oh sure... they'll be captured alive if possible because they can be ransomed for hefty funds... if not exchanged for someone of similar worth.
Peasants and ordinary people? Yeah... the chance of that happening for them is not that great.
Olivia is dreaming if she thinks that capturing a fully manned enemy fortress, while only suffering eight casulties on her own side, is enough to earn her a cake. Such greed will be her undoing.
@Rayodino Like Melcyna said, it is historically accurate. The creation of heraldry and all those fancy symbols and colours you see on knights is often attributed to letting everyone know that the bearer is worth a lot of shinies if taken alive, therefore improving the bearer's odds of survival.