Loyalty
Each general has a loyalty rating that is used to determine his likeliness to be bribed, leave your clan and defect to another. Loyalty is influenced by factors such as the daimyo's honour, glorious victories in battle, marriage within the clan, being made heir to the clan leadership, the acquisition of character traits and skills, the choices made during dilemmas and whether a general is made a commissioner or neglected within the clan. If his loyalty gets too low there may be no choice other than to order that he commits seppuku.