Frak's relationships

Family[]

Reginald Slitherbottom[]

“Frak, I just wanted you to have a father you could be proud of. You don't know what is used to be like for Serpentine in Ninjago. 'Never trust a snake,' they used to say. I had to work twice as hard for twice as long to get any recognition.”

“Yeah, well, you didn't even work half as hard at being a good dad.”

— Reginald and Frak, "The Grand Inquisition"

Reginald is Frak's father, with whom he has a strained relationship with. Reginald neglected Frak growing up to instead further his career in exploration, hoping that Frak could be proud of his father. However, despite his desire for having his son to admire and be proud of him, Reginald let his own vanity guide the way he rose Frak, causing him to be perfectly obedient and never to speak up, which allowed Reginald, even if without intended mallice, to verbally abuse Frak and dismiss his thoughts and ideas on a regular basis. All the neglect, combined with the condescendance he endured from his father, caused Frak to develop a great deal of resentment towards him, which came to its highest point after Reginald made no effort to help him and Sora when they were made suspects of being connected with the monster that attacked Umbrasilvis to the point of suspecting he was the one that released the monster and was using it to search for something.

Later, it is revealed Frak was wrong about suspecting his father, but even with Reginald saving him, both from the true culprit and from half of the Weapon of Desolation that was overcharing Frak's Quake, and confessing the motivation behind his actions, Frak simply couldn't overcome the resentment he felt for him to forgive him and left him in order to return to Ninjago with the others as soon as possible.

Instructors[]

Ras (formerly)[]

“You have failed me!”

“It was a good fight. A fair fight.”

“I will not suffer disobedience! I offered you certain victory, and you refused. I never want you in my sight again!”

— Ras and Frak, "Clues and Suspects"

Before the Tournament of the Sources, Ras recruited Frak and taught him how to fight properly. Despite being strict with Frak, the latter considered him to be a good teacher. However, their relationship was filled with bumps, especially due to Frak's admiration towards the Ninja (Ras' enemies). When Frak approached Cole to seek for advice over how to use his element, Ras got upset. During his fight against Sora, Ras ordered Frak to wear his Wolf Mask, but the latter refused to wear it, after hearing from Arin that the masks shatter the goodness in the wearer, and lost his match. This made Ras very angry, and he banished Frak from the Wolf Clan and told him never to appear in his sight again.

After leaving Ras' team and joining the Ninja, Frak came to realize how toxic Ras really was. On one hand, he came to realize Ras was wrong about physical strength being the only source of power, as Lloyd came to teach him there were other ways to channel strength. Not just that, but he came to see Ras as nothing more but a manipulator that tricks others to follow him and, when he sees how his influence is affecting Arin, Frak's resentment towards him increased even more.

Lloyd[]

After Ras expelled him from his team and the end of the Tournament of the Sources, Frak joined the Ninja as a new ninja student. When Frak found it difficult to let go of the residues left by Ras' teachings, Lloyd gave him the advice of existing many sources of stength besides the physical one, an advice that Frak took to the heart and even came to apply later on.

Cole[]

Ever since Frak was little and would heard about the Ninja, he always admired Cole, finding him to be his favorite ninja. He would always try to mimic his moves. When years later after the merge he came to face him in the Tournament of the Sources, Frak couldn't help but feel excited in facing his idol. Despite defeating him, Frak's admiration towards Cole never faulted and even sought his advice over how to properly use the Earth element, even if that caused some trouble with Ras.

With Lloyd gone to search for Arin's parents, Frak was trained by Cole and Kai to perform Spinjitzu. When a crash with Riyu causes damages to the training course, Frak went with Cole and Kai to the Land of Lost Things so they could have a place that wouldn't mind some destructive training.

When Cole was training him to apply his elemental power, Frak managed to sense the earth screaming, the same way Cole had been feeling. The two and Kai go to the place Cole went through after parting ways with Nya and Sora. Upon reaching it, Frak and Cole combined their powers to unearth what was lying beneath. Together, with Kai healp, they were able to unearth the remains of the Source Dragon of Balance.

During their fight in Imperium against the Dragonian Warriors, Cole's soul is taken, much to Frak's worry. Despite fending off the spectral Dragonians and Nokt's invasion. Frak does not celebrate due to Cole's fate, and he and Kai brought him back to the Monastery.

Kai[]

Kai, along with Cole, helped train Frak to perform Spinjitzu.

Friends[]

Sora[]

Frak's initial interactions with Sora were very distant, as they were from different teams and she distrusted him due to being one of Ras' students. When they fought during their match, Frak thought in using the wolf mask, just like Ras told him to do, but, remembering Arin's warning and wanting to have a fair fight against Sora, he refused to wear it. Despite he lost to Sora and she took his element and the ones he had gained, Frak never hold it against her, finding their battle as being a good one.

After he was expelled from Ras' team and Arin abandoned the Ninja to save the former, Frak joined the Ninja, becoming Sora's fellow student. Their initial interactions were distant, but eventually Sora approached him to ask him to help her bake pies the same way he did with Arin. This caused Frak to get very excited, as he would be able to keep on passing the knowledge of baking pies. While teaching Sora how to bake, Frak is showed as being a patient teacher, although he is not above in teasing her about her inaptitude.

It is showed during their search for Arin that, despite everything, Frak and Sora still had some issues, with the former being too eager to prove himself that he ended up putting the team in trouble, while the latter still didn't fully trust him because of his past as Ras' student. Eventually, the two of them were able to work out those issues.

It seems that Frak has a crush on Sora, seen when Zane expressed how he missed P.I.X.A.L., describing her as the smartest and most attractive member of the team, which caused Frak to think he was talking about Sora. More of that crush is showed when Frak is reunited with Sora, as he expressed how he was so worried about her that he couldn't even sleep, with him then awkwardly adding that the others also may have not been able to sleep as well. During their journey to Djinjago, when Sora tried to rehearse the notes they would need to play to awaken one of the halves of the Arc Dragon of Focus, Frak tried to harmonize with her, with the first attempt failing before he managed to do it properly. During their fight against Kur and the spectral Dragonian Warriors at the Cave of Bells, fearing he would not have another chance, Frak tried to express his feelings towards Sora, however, at the last moment, he chickened out and came out with an feeble excuse.

During their adventures in Umbrasilvis, the two of them started to bond over the fact both have terrible relationships with their respective parents. After witnessing how Frak's dad verbally abuses him and is very condescending, Sora tried to convince Frak to stand up against him. Later, after seeing how Frak suspected of Reginald of freeing the monster they had captured, Sora did her best to tell Frak to not assume the worst. When Frak and Reginald go their separate ways on bad terms, Sora is showed feeling bad for him, as he witnesses Arin with his parents, and comforts him.

Arin[]

Arin is Frak's childhood best friend. They first met when Frak saved him from two bullies, who were insulting the ninja, and scared them off before they bonded over their fandom for the ninja, as well as Frak showing Arin how to cook pies, until the former and his family moved away. They reunited years later at the City of Temples, where Frak stopped the guards arresting him on behalf of his master and showed off that he discovered he had the Elemental Power of Quake. However, their newly reformed friendship was put to question when Sora discovered Ras is Frak's master before Arin eventually confronted him about, which the former confirmed. Arin then warned Frak not to wear his Wolf Clan mask, which the latter took during his battle with Sora, and in exchange he helped Arin improve his Spinjitzu.

When Arin defected the team, Frak shows regret for causing Arin to channel his anger and stray from the team so the former can find his missing parents. He even shows no hostility when he reunited with Arin only to be cruelly rejected by Arin with his newfound anger. During the battle, Frak take it upon himself to tell Arin to blame him (Frak) for causing him to believe that the ninjas' teachings are not as good as he felt. He even tells Arin that if he is stronger than before without them, maybe he doesn't know what being a ninja means. Afterwards, when Thunderfang was defeated, Frak is saddened when Arin chose to leave again after learning how he wants to bring his parents back from the dead. Frak's spirits are lifted when he learns that Arin's parents are alive through Jay that he wishes Lloyd, Jay, Nya, and Wyldfyre luck when they went to find them. Hoping that his best friend will return once his parents are back with him.

Riyu[]

Riyu is Frak's friend and teammate. When the two first met in the Tournament of the Sources, as Arin introduced Frak as his childhood friend, Riyu was suspicious of him after sniffing him, probably smelling the scent of Ras, his master at the time. When Frak joined the ninja team, they became good friends. After the Tournament, Frak even gently petted Riyu. During the ninja's research for Arin in the First Land, Frak showed a lack of trust in Riyu regarding the path he proposed to follow, that turned out to lead them to the Dragonian Trackers, which reinforced Frak's belief that they should not have followed his trail.

Enemies[]