Deep down here by the dark water lived old Gollum… —The Hobbit

When Revealed: Earn Bilbo’s Magic Ring. Add Riddles in the Dark to the staging area. Shuffle the 7 Riddle cards together to create a Riddle Deck. Do not flip this card over.

Forced: At the end of the planning phase, if there are 2 or fewer Riddle cards in the victory display, the players lose the game. If there are 5 Riddle cards in the victory display, earn He that Walks Unseen. Each player may ready up to 5 cards they exhausted for Riddles in the Dark. Remove the Riddle Deck from the game and flip this card over.

This glade in the ring of trees was evidently a meeting place of the wolves. —The Hobbit

When Revealed: Add Treetops to the staging area.

Resolution: If there is fewer than X progress on this stage, each player must choose: for each character you control, either discard it from play or discard the top 3 cards of your deck. X is twice the number of characters in play.

Resolution: Add all Goblin and Warg enemies in play to the Stage 6 pile. The first player may add Two by Two to the staging area to earn Friend of Bears.