It was pretty obvious to see that Mendax belonged to the 'Sect of the Deep' and served the same master as the merman and Lord Aekor. Even though he was supposed to be impartial in his duties as the overseer, there were moments when he simply couldn't help himself...like when their house got a promising new talent in their midst...
"Ahem, g-good. Now that the initial examination is over we will tally up the final rewards," he explained to the other candidates, "The main deciding factor for the rewards depends on how fast you cleared the final trial that led you here. I don't have to point out that it is not JUST about speed but also the level of your attributes when you attempted the trial. The lower your average attributes the higher the reward since it would have been that much more difficult of an endeavor."