In the awakened world, I go by the name of Kioji Shinori. I have been an aspiring Daimyo for
most of my life. Although I am now blind and crippled, I still lead my army into heated battles
& reconnaisance missions with my presence and my words. As for my wife, she died about 3 or 4
years ago. I can never keep track of the passing years, for I am involved in other things. How
did she die, I will say. She died by the lack of Hope and the lack of Will to live. She begged
me to leave the Shogun's army, to live in peace and meditation. But I cannot,for my love of war
& the Honor I shed made me refuse her pleadings. So she just lied there for hours at a time,all
in peace until she died. That was probably around the time I first Dreamed.

On an early winter's morning, we were passing the Province of Kii (my wife had passed away by
this time) when we were ambushed by a rival army. A Daimyo so fierce and so Honorless, he would
attack us without any form of warning. I, still having my vision and my brute strength, ordered
the first and most elite squad to engage into the front ranks. The Ronin & the spearsman fought
with their lives.Weapons clashed and blood spilled as men of mine and my enemies fell merciless
to the battlegrounds with the thought of dieing with Honor in the minds & hearts.Men were slain
left and right, weapons broke and suits of armor cracked, and the hopes of the men had rose and
fell frequently.

Being a man trained in the art of war,I decided to enter the heated dispute of Battle.Swinging
with all my might, my Katana was thrusted and parried into the Chaos of the savage men & struck
an enemy Ronin. My blade, stained of the crimson wine of life,slid easily into the man.I jerked
it out in a flash & continued to swim through the crowds of ravaged men. Warrior collapsed like
flies around me as I drudged towards the merciless and unhonorable Daimyo. I had almost gotten
to him when my luck had ceased. A lucky strike by a warrior had slashed across my face & gashed
into both my eyes. I screamed in agony as my vision was filled with the fluid of blood. Another
successful slash struck clean through my left leg and I dropped to the ground in agony, passing
out from shock.

Later that evening as I awoke, my men had told me that in the physical state that I was in,the
Daimyo thought that it was better for me to feel this pain than to die swiftly by his sword. He
told them that he would see me again some day and finish me off. My men told me to rest well &
they would attend to me in the morning. I feel asleep with the thoughts of pain & the thoughts
of disgrace that I have shown to my own men for my own failure to kill my enemy.

I awoke, or I thought I had awoken,and I thought that I had regained my vision.Although it was
still blurred, I didn't recognize anything.Foreign sites & objects of unknown origin were shown
to me through my own eyes. As I walked through the unfamiliar places, I had thought that I had
gone delusional, maybe crazy (as many have done before from sudden shock). As I walked towards
the end of the room, I saw in front of me a swirling mast of grey shadow. I had placed my hand
towards the mists and felt it go through the portal.So with the curiosity of my own self-being,
I walked through it.

I found myself in a room full of people, none that I knew before in my life as a Daimyo. Some
of the strangers were asking questions about certain items, why people do things and so forth.
People were helping others with their problems & the worries & that brought a smile. But before
I can say something, I had disappeared and awoke.

I found out that I was in a place far away. The people I talked to in my real life about this
place, looked at me strange. They even thought that this place was related to the shock that I
had received from the night before. I ignored their reasonings & later that night I fell asleep
again.As the days went by and visiting this Dreamstate,I found that here, in a place of unknown
origin to me, I can complete my wife's wishes for me to relieve from bloodshed, war and famine.
Here I can live and learn and build my soul. I wouldn't have to worry about war here.I can help
others and protect them to help me repent about the innocent lives that my army kills. Although
I live in 2 different worlds, peace & knowledge in the Dreamworld and war and bloodshed in the
awakened world, I sometimes do feel the need of blood in my veins in the Dreamworld.But that is
common for what I am in the awkaened world. Nor can I change my ways in the real world, for my
honor & loyalty to my Shogun forces me to fight for his glory.And although I don't see nor walk
in the real world, I can sense and feel and see things in the Dreamworld & I wish my wife would
have been alive to know of this place of serenity. But I will learn to live in 2 worlds,believe
me I will.