Toturi Abdicates

"It is an unenviable task that has been set before me. While I have done my best to lead our clan, I never asked for this honor. Matsu Tsuko is correct, it was my brother’s duty. The one that he was best suited to, not I. I attempted as best I could to act with honor and shoulder this responsibility, in the way that all samurai must do what is required of them. If Tsuko wishes it, and the other daimyo favor her, I will not stand in the way and see our clan become divided into war against ourselves. I shall make it my final duty to the clan to entrust it to another. May she govern wisely, both for the glory of the Lion and the strength of the Empire.

"To prevent bloodshed and seal the new peace, it is with a heavy heart that I respectfully renounce the name Akodo. I will not be made into anyone’s pawn. I am a samurai and my life belongs to the Empire. That is enough."