Lo Po Bia Traumerei/Relationships

Relationships

 * Zahard: Traumerei is regarded as being the most loyal Family Head to Zahard, described as having been always an enthusiastic and dedicated follower. The full extent of Traumerei's loyalty to the King was how he was willing to accept the order to eliminate the Po Bidau Family and was the only Family Head who sent help and reinforcement to Zahard's Army during the Battle of The Nest. Traumerei noted even despite the other Family Heads mainly wishing to let Bam climb unhindered, had Zahard wished Baam to be killed, he would have done so.
 * The other Great Family Heads: Having climbed together, Traumerei and the other Family Heads are able to correspond with each other effectively. He respects his fellow Family Heads authority and views, as despite Baam being an enemy of the Zahard's Army, Traumerei was willing to take into consideration the wishes of the Family Heads and voluntarily used the Nest as the place to lure Bam in. He spared Yu Han Sung after he revealed his connection to Hendo Lok Bloodmadder in consideration to him. Traumerei would later speak fondly of both Ha Yurin and Khun Eduan when speaking to their descendants.
 * Lo Po Bia Family:Traumerei is the founder and progenitor of the Lo Po Bia family, having founded the family alongside his first generation of children. Originally, it was implied by the members of Hidden Grove that Traumerei was much more caring and loving towards his family, or at the very least his first few children. This is seen where he sent the Ancient Odd-Eyed Giant Cobra and his 8th Son to avenge his younger son after they killed him. With the members of the Hidden Grove noting that Traumerei’s reaction to the death of one of his children was completely different from the other Family Heads and he was noted to have been both enraged and deeply saddened by the loss of one of his children, as stated by his 8th son. However, as of the current day, Traumerei’s relationship with his family has grown extremely distant, with hints of emotional detachment, as shown where he would callously order the executions of two talented family members of his on a mere whim, preferring to not interact with any members of his family for possibly hundreds and thousands of years and simply stay within his room and callously giving orders and expecting full and complete obedience from them even if such orders went against their free will. Even his strongest subordinates are simply called by the names of the creatures they command and he orders around coldly, and he views most, if not all, of them, as being, alongside the rest of the resident of the Tower, aside from himself, the other Family Heads, King Zahard and Baam, as “lower creatures”. A clear example of this is of how he outright stated that what the bride to be wants or thinks of the marrriage he arranged was irrelevent and the only thing that mattered was Zarhard’s permission, his permission and Baam’s consent. However, despite his general apathetic view of them, it has been shown that Traumerei does care for his Family as a whole as their progenitor, as displayed by his concern towards the status of his family when Gustang attacked the Mothership, and he does work to ensure the continued survival of his family through his schemes and plans, especially during turbulent times of war.
 * Branch Family Heads: As the Branch Family Heads directly report to him through Kirin and manage parts of the Lo Po Bia Family, they are among the few in his Family that he acknowledges. As shown and admitted by Traumerei, many of the Branch Heads are also his sons and daughters. It's indicated that he's willing to honor them if they're loyal and competent in their work, as he gifted the Branch Family Heads with some of his own, immensely powerful Shinheuh or equipment in order to empower them in recognition of their ability and strength. He also is willing to trust them to be his bodyguards while he is leaving the Mothership, having made it family protocol that 3 Branch Heads would accompany him whenever he leaves the Mothership. However, despite treating them much better than the rest of his family, this does not mean Traumerei is emotionally attached to them, as he has made it clear by being fully willing to sacrifice or even kill them himself should the situation call for it. Later, after his chess match against Khun Aguero Agnis, Traumerei would admit that he never truly trusted any of the Branch Heads, any of his own children, to begin with. Indicating that he truly had no genuine affection or care for them to begin with and is unbothered should any of them betray him.
 * Lo Po Bia Kirin: Traumerei appears to hold an astonishing degree of respect and trust for Kirin, as Kirin is the general manager of the Lo Po Bia Family, meaning Kirin must have been acknowledged highly enough to be granted such a position, and can mostly fill Traumerei's spot as he rarely interacts with his Family while Traumerei appears to not mind most of Kirin's decisions. If anything, Kirin appears to be one of, if not, the only person, allowed to regularly interact with him, and he is even willing to indulge him on his questions and allow him to speak his view.
 * Lo Po Bia Shilial Zahard & Lo Po Bia Lilial Zahard: Shilial and Lilial are twin daughters he had together with his descendant, Lo Po Bia Laura. As shown from his offer to Baam, despite being his children and showing a degree of acknowledgment for their success in achieving the spot of Zahard's Princesses, which he admits to be a noble position, Traumerei bears little care and respect for them as human beings. This is shown where he callously offered the two of them to Baam as wife candidates without asking for their consent, having implied to be more than willing to simply force/intimidate them into going along with the marriage to Baam, completely ignoring their own will, with him stating that their opinion does not matter and is unimportant. Later, Traumerei would show this callousness upon meeting Lilial, with Traumerei only showing mild annoyance at Lilial’s personality as he calmly explained the Marriage Tournament to her and his expectations of her to be the winner and become the “bridge” to connect Baam to their family, completely ignoring Lilial’s protest against the arrangment.
 * Lo Po Bia Laura: Laura is stated to be one of Traumerei’s many wives, and one of his direct descendants as the granddaughter of Lo Po Bia Lobadon, his direct son. Traumerei cares very little for her, despite her having given birth to two of his children, unhesistantly telling Baam to kidnap her while threatening to kill if he did not do so, in order to use her as bait for The Serpent Master, openly admitting that he saw her purely as a means to an end and would not care if she got killed, putting her in direct danger by placing her inside the battle grounds of the Marriage Tournament.
 * Lo Po Bia Lobadon: Lobadon is one of Traumerei's sons. Due to his position and strength, Lobadon has a high station in the Lo Po Bia Family, having the position as the Field Commander of the Lo Po Bia’s Army and taking orders directly from the family head. As stated by Lobadon’s grandson, he had faithfully served his father for thousands of years. However, as of present day, Lobadon’s current relationship with Traumerei has now turned negative and hostile, with their now being rumors that Labodan now plans to turn against him. As shown with Lobadon’s orders to his grand daughter Laura to stay safely in his mansion in the mothership of their family and Traumerei’s own actions, it can be heavily implied that the two are now hostile to each other.
 * Lo Po Bia Yasratcha: When Yasratcha entered the Lo Po Bia Family, Traumerei allowed him to have a luxurious life, seemingly knowing fully well that Yasratcha had every intention of betraying him, but uncaring. It would only be when Yasratcha tried to deceive him into killing Nen Neya and Wangwang's children that Traumerei revealed he had never been fooled. Out of spite that Yasratcha ended up costing him Wangwang and the Canine People, Traumerei forced Yasratcha to kill Wangwang with his own hands and mocked him by telling him that he is free, leaving him alive, seemingly mostly so he would suffer forever from the guilt of where his actions lead Wangwang to death. When they meet again, Traumerei treated Yasratcha coldly, calling him a "runaway cat" and frowning upon Yasratcha blaming him for Wangwang's death, and he did not seem to be as angered that Yasratcha didn't kill Wangwang's children (he did promise he personally would let them live after all) as much as Yasratcha lied to him about it. Traumerei, now free to express his contempt towards Yasratcha, showed him absolutely no respect by having his creatures fight him rather than taking him on directly, and even went as far as to make clear that Yasratcha had never truly escaped him by subjecting him to a hallucination before mercilessly killing him.
 * Baylord Wang Wang: Traumerei's relationship with Wangwang is, to say the least, odd compared to his other relationships. As one of the Beastkin, and one with the instinct to serve a master with absolute loyalty, Traumerei at first did not seem to think much about forcing Wangwang through many fights and having him caged, but once Nen Neya arrived in his "dog"'s life, Traumerei showed an uncharacteristic change by freeing Wangwang and giving him the time needed to develop a relationship with Nen Neya. He also demonstrated some degree of possessiveness over Wangwang, calling him "my dog" and getting angry when Wangwang protested against his orders to breed Nen Neya, along with a minuscle amount of vulnerability by musing on how he had once been betrayed by love and stating him separating Wangwang from his family as a way to keep him. It's unclear, but it's heavily implied that Traumerei did, in his own twisted way, grew a degree of attachment over Wangwang, and wanted him to overcome love by proving his loyalty, as displayed by how he arrived with Nen Neya's corpse with the apparent intent to test if Wangwang could prove his loyalty came first. However, once Wangwang reacted aggressively, Traumerei became angered, deluding himself into thinking that ultimately Wangwang was just another traitor fuelled by love, and ruthlessly condemned him to death, but did show a degree of mercy by allowing Wangwang to plea for his family and then promptly leaving it at that after Wangwang died at Yasratcha's hands. Years later, Traumerei still remembered Wangwang, as he frowned when Yasratcha blamed him for Wangwang's death, although whether it's out of some form of guilt or disdain that Yasratcha blamed Traumerei when it was actually his fault that lead to Wangwang's death remains unclear. He did, however, order his creatures to capture Yama and Doom, which suggested that he still to an extent favored Wangwang enough to consider sparing his children over Yasratcha.
 * Ha Jinsung: Jinsung knows the 10 Family Heads directly, but as such relationships are indicated to be mostly professional, Traumerei himself doesn't care in the slightest about Jinsung, being fully willing to threaten his life and seal him away. He acts condescending towards Jinsung when they meet, mostly disregarding Jinsung as a lesser being and seeing him as just the bait that made Bam arrive at the Nest. Due to Traumerei's overall view in romance, it's indicated he holds Jinsung and his betrayal of the Ha Family in a degree of contempt, as displayed by his mentioning of Jinsung as the "departed son of the Ha Family" and describing Jinsung as just a punk who throws tantrums over what happened to his lover despite believing Jinsung knows fully well he can't change anything.