Greetings,
I'd like to get a little more explanations about how effects apply (or don't apply) to cards that are destroyed and later come back into play.
Let's imagine a battle where a Personality is affected by Triumph of Courage : he gets +1F after each time a Battle action resolves this turn, including this one ; at this time he gets +1F for Triumph of Courage. Then this courageous Personality is destroyed by a Battle action (let's say First and Final Strike). Triumph of Courage would give him +2F but he is no longer in play so the effects from Triumph of Courage no longer apply to him. The third Battle action is Let Them Fight Their Deads, targeting this dead Personality who now enters play at this battlefield.
Are the effects from Triumph of Courage still waiting for his return, therefore giving him a Force bonus, or have they ended when this Personality was destroyed ? If they give him a Force bonus, is it +3F (resolution of Triumph of Courage, First and Final Strike and Let Them Fight Their Deads) or only +2F because the Personality was not in play when First and Final Strike ended so it doesn't count towards the effects from Triumph of Courage ?
Thanks for reading.
The effect of Triumph of Courage lasts the whole turn. Each time a Battle Action resolves it'll try to create a new +1F bonus to give to the Personality you targeted with it. If the Personality can't legally be effected, the +1F bonus effect fails. If the Personality can be effected, he / she / it gains a +1F bonus that lasts until the end of the turn.
So in your example, let's say we target Matsu Takeko the following plays out.
Triumph of Courage is played on Matsu Takeko. Triumph of Courage finishes resolving. Takeko gains +1 Force.
First and Final Strike is played on Takeko. Takeko is killed. First and Final Strike finishes resolving. Takeko fails to gain +1 Force because she is not in play to be effected.
Let Them Fight Their Dead is played on Takeko. Somebody loses 5 Honor. Takeko enters play. Let Them Fight Their Dead finishes resolving its immediate effects. Takeko gains +1 Force.
Total Actions resolved: 3 Total Force gained by Takeko: 2
Basically, Triumph of Courage "waits around" to see if any new triggers come up from Battle Actions this turn (that's what its card text says, after all), but its individual attempts to give out +1F do not "wait around" to see if their subject reenters play. They just succeed or fail to resolve - once and only once.
Also, remember that Takeko still has the original +1F while in the Discard Pile until the end of the turn since on-going effects do not end early just because the card their effected leaves play. They only go away if the card becomes mixed up with other cards face-down - typically by being put back into a Deck or Hand.