Even as foes mass from without, the Steward of Minas Tirith fears there are enemies within. You have been asked to investigate the possibility of a conspiracy within the White City...

Setup: Create the underworld deck. Remove Roots of Mindolluin from the encounter deck and set it aside, out of play. Shuffle all Villain cards and randomly set one aside, out of play, without looking at it. Remove the others from the game. Repeat this with all Plot cards.

When Revealed: Search the encounter deck for The Fourth Star and make it the active location. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Forced: After the active location leaves play as an explored location, place 1 resource token on this quest.

If there are 4 or more resource tokens on Conspiracy, advance to the next stage.

You begin your investigation at The Fourth Star, a popular tavern...