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Hosokawa Gracia
#633 · 5-10-26The traitor's daughter and secret Christian convert who chose death over capture on the eve of Sekigahara — the resolute believer INFJ.
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ESTP
Sengoku Japan
Date Masamune
The flamboyant One-Eyed Dragon of the north, who dazzled his way out of every trap and sent a galleon to Rome — the theatrical opportunist ESTP.
ISFP
Sengoku Japan
Sanada Yukimura
The 'greatest warrior in Japan,' who chose a hopeless loyalty and nearly cut down Ieyasu himself at Osaka — the gallant, doomed ISFP.
ISTJ
Sengoku Japan
Ishida Mitsunari
Hideyoshi's brilliant, rigid administrator, right in his cause and undone by his own inflexibility at Sekigahara — the principled loser ISTJ.
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