This is not true at all. We didn't try to negotiate with their General. Letters were exchanged, but no actual attempt to negotiate was made, because as you said it was their General and not their ruler. And you did make a good offer, and all of Luria will hate Malus ever more for it. (when they realize)
Nobody negotiated a deal. Creed foolishly tried to commit Morek to a course of action Busto wasn't willing to pursue, and Malus didn't "offer" anything except religious tolerance. There seriously wasn't a deal. There was a period where PeL was pursuing any savior it could find, and people probably caught the stench of desperation. That doesn't mean Malus was running around slamming doors.
