Then he made his way to Edinburgh, a matter of perhaps 3 or 4 turns. By the time he gets there he has dropped to 5.

Many of the self perpetuating traits can go as high as -5 or -6 each at the top level, so you probabkly just picked up some more levels of these traits.

Any chance of listing his traits for us? I could confirm deny whats causing it then.

And I agree, Morale is WAY too high ATM. It makes Command almost pointless.