Just cross-checking my understanding based on: http://rules.l5r.com/images/0/01/Judge_rulebook.pdf
A. The personality enters a specially created entering-play area. B. The personality’s Honor Requirement and other restrictions on its entering play are checked at this point and at no other time; if the Personality is aligned to the player's clan and it is the player's Dynasty Phase, the player may ignore the Personality's Honor Requirement and increase his Gold cost to enter play by 2. If these conditions are not met, the Personality card returns to where it came from (shuffling the deck if it came directly from a deck search) and the sequence ends. C. If requirements and restrictions were met in step B, the player pays the Personality’s Gold cost; if the Personality is aligned to the player's clan and it is the player's Dynasty Phase, the player may choose to pay 2 less Gold for the Personality. The player then pays any other costs of bringing the Personality into play. See Costs, p. 22. D. The player may gain Honor from the rule about bringing Clan-aligned into pay for full cost (See Dynasty Phase), then the Personality enters play. This Honor gain is timed “before” the Personality enters play. E. The entering-play area ceases to exist.
-- -Lion player is at 7 family honor -Lion player decides to bring in to play a 7G personality with 7HR [step A] -Lion player checks HR vs family honor. [step B] -Lion player pays the gold cost, discounted, with Border Keep (2G) and with Smuggler's Port (3G,-2Honor) [Step C] [Step D] [Step E] -7G, 7HR personality is in play with Lion player at 5 family honor.
*Lion player pays the gold cost, full, with two 2G producing holdings and with Smuggler's Port (3G,-2H). 7G total [Step C] *Lion player honor equal to the (x)PH of 7G personality[Step D] [Step E] *7G, 7HR personality is in play with Lion player at 5+x family honor.
-- Is this correct? Much thanks