Translation relative to a certain rotation

Yes, but what is the node. Is it a pumpkin floating in space? A magic wand? A tweetie bird companion?

Explain to us like we are four years old what your ACTUAL game objects are… then we can back up into what is a node, what is a parent, and what is a child.

My big fear is that we find ourselves in a “how do I inject things into my stomach” discussion… see:

Let us understand why your scene graph is the way it is… because I still don’t understand why there is any parent/child relationship at all here.