There is absolutely NOTHING that says BH Koon are their military strength. Absolutely nothing.
Asensio is already well regarded in the family because he created his own faction.
"Faction" = "Branch". The term being used for the "Faction" Asensio created and the "Branch" Maschenny hails from is the same.
So Asensio is a Branch Leader.
Eduan's wives fight for political power and we know that there is the wife of the main family, so it is much more logical to think that they control the branches.
Eduan's wives having their political struggles does not imply that they lead the Branches. It could simply be political struggles confined to the wives.
What is the "Main Family"? Who are it's members? Who's the wife of the Main Family? The Maschennies are just another Branch of the Khun Family, and they seem to be the most prominent and prestigious. It's very dubious that there's a Main Family that's held in higher esteem than them.
The person AA works with is influential enough to override the influence of the person who "abandoned" him so it could very well be one of or the regent Koon.
LOL, no. AA's abandonment was probably reversed because he was selected by a Regular. AA was abandoned by the Family Leader.
The person AA works with is someone that Maschenny does not regard at all. She said that she can erase AA from the Khun Family at any time she pleases. So whoever is backing AA, it's not someone that can so much as inconvenience her.
I mean I think Maschenny is above the Khun Regents, but she wouldn't show one such little regard. IMO it's most likely that he's another Branch Leader like Asensio. AA calling him one of the Family's "Leaders" reinforces this.
And BH LPB were seen as the LPB family's own army, I don't know why you're creating a distinction here.
The Narrator and Jinsung made that distinction.
Jinsung differentiated between Pudidy when he was an officer of the Lo Po Bia Army and when he was a Branch Leader. The implication is that he did not occupy these two positions simultaneously.
Kirin is a "Great Tamer" of the Lo Po Bia Army but not a Branch Leader. There may be other powerful officers of the Lo Po Bia Army.