Reveal 1 additional card from the encounter deck and add it to the staging area during the staging step each round.If a hero is destroyed by an enemy attack, the players have lost the game.

Forced: At the end of the round, place 1 resource token on Up in Flames and discard the top X cards of each player's deck. X is the number of resource tokens on Up in Flames.If any player has no cards in his deck, the players have lost the game.

At the end of each round, raise each player's threat by 2.

"... whispering was in your ears, poisoning your thought..." -Gandalf, The Two Towers

Add +1 to the total in the staging area for each resource here.

Forced: When the active location is explored, discard the top X cards of each player's deck, when X is that location's Then, place 1 resource here for each event discarded this way.

Each non-unique enemy gets +1

Forced: After an enemy attacks and destroys a character, place 1 damage token here. Then, if there are X damage tokens here, the players lose the game. X is 4 more than the number of players.

Sauron Worship enters play with 1 damage token on it.

Each player's threat elimination level is reduced by 1 for each damage token here.

Forced: At the end of the round, place 1 damage token here.

Rise to Power contributes X to the staging area during the quest phase, where X is the number of resources on it.

Forced: At the end of the round, place 2 resources on Rise to Power.

When Revealed: Attach Assassination to the hero with the highest threat cost. (Counts as a Plot attachment with the text: "Each enemy gets +1 Attached hero cannot be healed. Damage from undefended attacks and A Knife in the Back must be assigned to attached hero. If attached hero leaves play, the players lose the game.")