TOMOE GOZEN - END At the Battle of Awazu, Tomoe Gozen was prepared to die beside her lord, Kiso Yoshinaka. For a warrior, there was honor in falling on the same battlefield as the lord she had sworn to serve. Tomoe was ready to accept that fate. But her loyalty to Yoshinaka was greater than even her pride as a warrior. Before leaving the battlefield, Tomoe sought one final worthy opponent Onda no Hachirō Moroshige. She defeated him, fulfilling the last duty of her life beside Yoshinaka. Then came the harder part. Her duty was over. She had to live. Tomoe left the battlefield while Yoshinaka remained behind, choosing obedience and loyalty over the honorable death she had been ready to embrace. In The Tale of the Heike, she rides east and disappears from the story, while her later fate becomes the subject of legend. Tomoe Gozen remains a symbol of courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and the strength to walk away when dying would have been easier. Made with seedance 2.5 on @PixVerse #PixverseCPP#