User blog comment:Iam69god/Why is "Lost magic" lost?/@comment-29693708-20160908224005/@comment-7418318-20160908234740

Healers would naturally be the second highest priority targets, right after the commanding officers, in any given army. With them being less protected than the officers they might even become the main target of infilration raids and assassinations.

I very much doubt that in the wars of old they had any treaties that protected healers... assuming they were pure healers in the first place and not combat healers that also fought.

And if they all used to charge recklessly into battle on the frontline like Wendy and Chelia...