Quintessence

Quintessence, also known as Acme, is the highest law in The Tower of Ascension. It is the unified personification of every law in existence and can take the shape of any of them if it wishes to. The only mages with quintessence as their chosen law are Cal and Dale, and growth in it requires them to grow ever closer to perfection. Manny is only able to exist because of quintessence being used to create him.