I guess, to use RPG terms, its a conflict of RAW and RAI. The way I wrote it, yes, there could be other ways to end the battle, but it was [I]meant[/I] to be a death match, because it represents the battle of Elasa where Judah (in case you haven't figured it out, mani, ASaber is Judah Maccabee) and his loyal troops fought to the death without retreating. Elasa is meant to impose similar restrictions on everyone in it, leading to a fight to the bitter end instead of one side running away should the tide turn against them.

Its why I've been so insistent on it being a deathmatch despite the wording (I really should have just said "until the other side is dead" but ah well), because if you could just walk away peacefully from it, then it would defeat the logic behind the NP imposing those restrictions in the first place.

I apologize if I ended up strongarming you, that wasn't my intent.