A Turncoat

You are becoming known for your uncertain loyalties. [Don't let this rise beyond 3, or you may find options closed to you.]

• Actions that raise this quality
• Actions that lower this quality

See Category:A Turncoat for pages which require this quality (or specific levels of it), or click here to show them.

  A Night of Desperate Ambushes

  A Salon of a Sort

  A Strong Box

  Doing the Rounds

  Encryption of a Sort

  The Course of Love

  The Traitor's Feast

Penalty

Unlocked at Menace Level: 4

The Traitor's Feast

Levels

1. Somewhat Untrustworthy [Your apparent change in loyalties has raised eyebrows.]
2. Somewhat Untrustworthy [Commentators are puzzled by the true nature of your loyalties. Perhaps you are not to be trusted...]
3. Somewhat Untrustworthy [You are becoming known as a creature of inconstant loyalties.]
4. Beyond the Pale [You have changed sides once too often. You are not to be trusted.

Wiki note: Anything above 4 shares the same message

Avoiding increases

A Turncoat is primarily increased by switching sides during A Boxful of Intrigue, based on whether your A Power in Waiting quality is set to A Guardian of the Realm or The Conscience of Empire. (This is initially set in the storylet The Troubles So Far: choosing Those who govern sets it to The Conscience of Empire, while choosing Those who are governed sets it to A Guardian of the Realm.)

The only way to reduce A Turncoat is the storylet The Traitor's Feast, which only unlocks at A Turncoat 4 (and also requires Shadowy 120 and A Survivor of the Affair of the Box 12).

To avoid gaining A Turncoat during A Boxful of Intrigue, choose the option listed below your side on these storylets, which will also gain CP in Empire's Kingmaker:

Storylet	A Guardian of the Realm	The Conscience of Empire
An Agent of the Masters	Help cover up the sordid business	Expose him to the newspapers
The Course of Love	Help keep them together	Keep its agents at bay
Doing the Rounds	Tell them the truth	Lie to them
Encryption of a Sort	See that the messages arrive safely	Intercept the messages
A Night of Desperate Ambushes	Wade in with the neddy men	Defend Spite from the neddy men
A Strong Box	Tell the gentlemen in blue about any plans for robbery you hear about	Tell your larcenous colleagues when the strong-box will be moved
The Unionist	Join the hunt	Help her escape

A Turncoat can also increase during the Family and Law story if you switch sides between the Cheery Man and the Last Constable.

• Working with the Last Constable: Abandon her or Off to the Cheery Man
• Working with the Cheery Man: Go to the Constable

Finally, it can increase in these other storylets:

• The talkative gaoler: A grass in New Newgate Prison
• Pugilism and politics: Beat up the Underworld Kingpin