How to protect a tail while wearing armor?

I'm in the point of my story when two main characters meet each other, ally and start a rebellion against gods. One of my main characters is a wolf-girl (anime tendencies bruh) however she'll one of the commanders of the rebel army.

This is the first design of the character:

However, I'm creating an armor for her, so this is my first sketch:

I need to do something with her tail. I don't want to cut it because I want to keep her humanoid identity, but you know dogs/wolves can't bend their tails that much without break it, so I need your help to keep her tail safe while beheading people. Thanks! She doesn't need to expose her tail with her armor.

EDIT!: this is my second sketch for her armor (without the tail) L.Dutch gave me a good idea about her armored tail:

posted over 6 years ago

Lunar Heretic‭

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