They call me a renegade.
The epithet is inaccurate and undeserved. I cannot be faithless to a cause which I never have endorsed. Indeed, I am absolutely faithful to the only cause I espouse, which is my own welfare. I take pride in this unswerving loyalty!

Chapter 4, section 3 (p. 418) - Quotations and text from the Lyonesse Trilogy - The Green Pearl (1985)