A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
A player, 30 March 2008
i think i know the answer for this one but just to make sure. if personality X (non-unique) dies while in a defending army, can i react with the empress' address to bring personality X back?
THE EMPRESS' ADDRESS: Political reaction: After one of your personalities is destroyed while in a defending army, bow one of your target courtier or empresses: Target a non-unique personality with your clan alignment in your discard pile. Bring him into play in your home, waiving all costs. Gain 2 honor.
thank you
Alex Jones (rules official), 30 March 2008
i think i know the answer for this one but just to make sure. if personality X (non-unique) dies while in a defending army, can i react with the empress' address to bring personality X back?
THE EMPRESS' ADDRESS: Political reaction: After one of your personalities is destroyed while in a defending army, bow one of your target courtier or empresses: Target a non-unique personality with your clan alignment in your discard pile. Bring him into play in your home, waiving all costs. Gain 2 honor.
thank you
I can't improve on Zen's answer here:
"Nothing stops that that I can see."