Please don't mix up facts and fiction. That whole storyline was a ruse the whole time, an experiment in checking if the Daimon lords can make the rulers do their bidding or if the humans would band together, talk among each other first and come up with a trick of their own, such as "ok, let's ALL not reply at all".
To be honest, if someone were to say something in game that violated the IR, and would come out after the fact saying "it wasn't for real, it was just a ruse to see how they'd react"; I'm quite sure you would classify this into the "Harshest Punishment" category of the IR.
