Setup: Reveal 1 card per player from the encounter deck, and add it to the staging area.

Gandalf has requested your assistance in the search for the elusive creature known as Gollum. Your search begins in the Anduin Valley between Mirkwood Forest and the Misty Mountains

Forced: After the players quest successfully, the first player looks at the top 3 card fo the encounter deck. Reveal and add 1 of those cards to the staging area, and discard the other 2 cards.

You make your way along the banks of the Anduin River, a likely place for Gollum to find food.