Ma Pyit-Nwe

Defiant till the end, Pyit-Nwe rejected Razadarit's offer to serve in the royal service, and chose to be executed instead.

Ma[note 1] Pyit-Nwe was born to a large powerful noble family in the Mon-speaking Martaban–Hanthawaddy Kingdom, c. 1360s.

[note 2] He was the youngest of the five children of Viceroy Laukpya of Myaungmya and his chief consort.

[note 4] He grew up at a time when his father had become the de facto independent ruler of the Myaungmya province (since 1364).

[3] He is said to have been an expert swordsman, able to cut down thick sheets of metal and even rocks with his sword.

As recounted in the Razadarit Ayedawbon chronicle, he had been put in charge of the defense of the provincial capital by his father.

Razadarit's mahouts managed to retreat about 20 to 30 meters[note 5] giving the dazed king a chance to recover from the blow.

[8] After the battle, as he had promised to Pyit-Nwe, Razadarit spared Laukpya's life and sent him to Dagon.

Razadarit's forces swept through the entire province in the next few weeks, taking Khebaung (north of modern Hinthada) by the end of March 1390,[10] and after a period of regrouping, Gu-Htut (present-day Myan-Aung) and nearby Ahlwe inside Ava territory.