You are playing Nightmare mode.

Fear fell on all who beheld him; be he singled out the Captain of Gondor for the fullness of his hatred, and with a terrible cry he rode straight upon him.
–The Return of the King

Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for The Battle of Carn D–m scenario.

Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:

1x Vile Afflication

1x Furious Charge

1x Orc Ambush

1x Angmar Orc

3x Angmar Marauder

3x Terror of the North

2x Accursed Battlefield

1x Blight of Carn D–m

Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard The Battle of Carn D–m encounter deck.

Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effect remains active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.

Keyword: Siege

If a quest card has the siege keyword, when characters are commited to that quest, they count their total instead of their total when resolving the quest. Enemies and locations in the staging area still use their in opposition to this quest attempt.