Yes, but at that time, Robert stood at higher esteem with Stephen at court. Now, while Stephen and Felix don't really like each other any more than they previously did, I'm willing to bet Stephen's well aware of who has done more for him.
They do now that they know he killed Cresset. :) And the whole point of it is that Felix can't act directly against a wizard (not even Vey, not even Malkar - that's why he claims Mildmay killed him), but Mildmay can - they don't burn annemers, and anything Mildmay does doesn't matter so long as Felix himself isn't treasonous. It's a very nifty legal fiction.
As for Felix not changing things... well, he could have restored the Virtu by relying on Necromancy, if he was all that fond of the status quo. In his own very self-centered way he is interested in bettering things.
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Date: 2006-07-06 02:07 am (UTC)They do now that they know he killed Cresset. :) And the whole point of it is that Felix can't act directly against a wizard (not even Vey, not even Malkar - that's why he claims Mildmay killed him), but Mildmay can - they don't burn annemers, and anything Mildmay does doesn't matter so long as Felix himself isn't treasonous. It's a very nifty legal fiction.
As for Felix not changing things... well, he could have restored the Virtu by relying on Necromancy, if he was all that fond of the status quo. In his own very self-centered way he is interested in bettering things.