Driven by his desire for revenge, The Black Serpent has ordered his soldiers to scour all Harondor for your company.

When Revealed: Set each other stage 3A aside, out of play. Shuffle the discard pile and the Harad Soldiers encounter set into the encounter deck. Then, each player reveals an encounter card.

Slowed by the refugees in your care and hounded by the Serpent's outriders, you struggle to make progress towards Gondor.

Each enemy in the staging area gets -10 engagement cost.

Forced: After an enemy engages a player, remove 1 progress from this stage.