Liliana Vess Defiant Necromancer

"A law mage," Liliana mused, turning the incident over in her mind.

"The best law mage," Teysa corrected. "And he knows this. I wrote The Official Accord and Guidance of the Guilds of Ravnica before the Maze had ever appeared. Long before the Guildpact had a body and could sleep, eat, void, and die like the rest of the world. So either he's playing at something, he's an idiot, or he thinks I am."

"The last two are the same picture, darling," Liliana said. "Thinking you're an idiot would only confirm he is." And, as much as she didn't want to admit it, Jace was brilliant. Overeager, full of himself, and prone towards impetuous decisions, but brilliant. Which meant...

"He came to clear your name before anyone could question," she realized. And, more reluctantly, "...And mine, too, I suppose." Still, that had been an objectively terrible experience, and it was highly doubtful anyone would have even thought to accuse her.

But while she was on the subject of things not being what they seemed... "I'd rather wondered about the scale of this party, darling. It seemed a bit much for simply being freed from jail, but..."