Hold up! (not a sign-up, but plot point clarification)
Whoever said that the Orlesians were the victors of the war?! This is what britto08 wrote about the war:
"The war with Orlais has been over for some time now, mostly because after the French king's death (from drink, they say) five years ago, Queen Adelheid took things firmly in hand and proved herself an effective ruler, and the war ended with a treaty she herself helped to draft."
Sounds to me as though no one really won the war....