6
9
20
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects
X is the number of non-Burglar characters committed to the quest.
Forced: After the 6th progress token is placed here, the players advance to stage 4A.
8
8
20
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Cannot leave the staging area (except by quest effect) but is considered to be engaged with the first player.
Forced: If Smaug the Magnificent is dealt a shadow card with a burgle effect, he makes an additional attack immediately after this one.
1
3
5
Players cannot optionally engage Bill Ferny.
Forced: At the beginning of the staging step, either shuffle 1 out of play Ringwraith into the encounter deck or each player raises their threat by 1 for each non-
hero he committed to the quest.
6
5
9
Immune to player card effects.
The Witch-king gets -30 engagement cost while The One Ring is exhausted.
Characters with 1
or less cannot defend attacks made by The Witch-king.
6
5
12
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Cannot leave the staging area but is considered to be engaged with each player.
Forced: After placing the 6th damage here, the first player takes control of the Ring-bearer, exhausted with 1 damage on it.
5
3
6
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: After Great Warg Chief enages you, discard cards from the encounter deck until a Warg enemy is discarded. Put that enemy into play engaged with you.
8
9
25
Cannot be optionally engaged. The Balrog and shadow cards dealt to The Balrog are immune to player card effects.
While in the staging area, The Balrog is considered to be engaged with the first player and only the first player can declare attackers against The Balrog.
5
1
6
Toughness 3. Cannot have attachments.
Allies cannot be declared as attackers or defenders against Uglúk.
"I am Uglúk. I command." –The Two Towers
3
4
5
Forced: After Grishn kh enters play, the first player attached 1 of the Captives to him. If Grishn kh is defeated, place the attached Captive faceup underneath To Isengard!
Forced: At the end of the quest phase, deal 1 damage to the attached Captive.
6
4
6
Indestructible.Immune to player card effects. Cannot leave the staging area.
Forced: When Saruman is dealt a shadow card with a Wizardry effect, the defending player resolves that Wizardry effect as if he is the only player in the game.
4
4
8
Indestructible.Cannot have attachments.
Shelob gets +1 for each resource on her.
Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, either place 1 resource on Shelob, or she makes an immediate attack against the first player.
5
2
5
Cannot have attachments or be attacked by more than 1 character at a time.
When Revealed: The Black Serpent makes an immediate attack against the first player.
...he was filled with a red wrath and shouted aloud, and displaying his standard, black serpent upon scarlet, he came... –The Return of the King
6
2
8
6
6
14
Immune to player card effects.
Cannot be optionally engaged or take damage.
Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, discard cards from the encounter deck until an enemy is discarded. Add the discarded enemy to the staging area.
6
6
14
Only the engaged player can declare attackers against the Witch-king.
Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, The Witch-king engages the first player. Then, it makes an immediate attack.
"No living man may hinder me!" –The Return of the King
5
4
6
Cannot have attachments. Cannot take non-combat damage.
Allies cannot attack or defend against Shagrat.
Forced: After progress is placed on the quest, Shagrat gets -X engagement cost until the end of the round. X is the amount of progress just placed.
6
5
11
Immune to player card effects. Cannot leave the staging area.
Forced: After a player cancels a 'when revealed' effect, The Mouth of Sauron makes an immediate attack against that player.
The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad–d–r he was...
–The Return of the King
2
2
5
Surge. Immune to non- player card effects.
Gollum engages the first player.
*Forced: After Gollum is discarded during a Fortitude test, put him into play engaged with the first player. Then, choose an encounter card discarded from this test and ignore its 
icons.
*
5
2
4
Immune to player card effects. Cannot be optionally engaged.
Forced: When The Two Watchers deals any amount of damage, cancel that damage and raise the defending player's threat by X instead. X is the amount of damage just canceled.
6
6
11
Players cannot play attachments on The Witch-king.
While The Witch-king is in the staging area, each character gets -1 .
Forced: After The Witch-king attacks, he returns to the staging area unless the defending player raises his threat by 3.
5
9
20
Immune to player card effects.
When Revealed: Smaug the Mighty makes an immediate attack against each player (deal and resolve a shodow card for each attack).
7
7
20
Immune to player card effects.
When Revealed: Resolve all burn damage from all locations in play
"My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurrican, and my breath death!"—The Hobbit
8
8
20
6
3
9
Spectral. Cannot have attachments.
While you are engaged with The Lord of the Dead, treat all printed text boxes on characters you control as if they were blank (except Traits.)
5
4
12
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Old Man Willow attacks, discard a random location from the victory display. The defending player raises his threat by X, where X is that location's victory point value.
5
2
12
Cannot have attachments.
Lurker of the Depths cannot be engaged or take more than 4 damage each round.
While Lurker of the Depths is in the staging area, it is considered to be engaged with each player.
7
2
10
Cannot have attachments.
Excess combat damage dealt by Todd the Troll (damage dealt beyond the remaining hit points of the character damaged by this attack) must be assigned as an increase to your threat.
5
3
8
Cannot have attachments.
X is the number of Brigand enemies in play.
While at least 1 other Brigand is in play, Susie the Spider cannot take damage.
5
3
7
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: After Wolf-pelt Jake attacks and destroys an ally, return him to the staging area.
...in the wild lands beyond Bree there were mysterious wanderers.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
4
4
6
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: When Johnny Goblin-fingers attacks, the defending player discards 1 random card from his hand and raises his threat by X, where X is the printed cost of the discarded card.
4
3
9
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: After an attack resolves in which Old Orc-eyes was dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect, he makes an additional attack against you. Do not deal Old Orc-eyes a shadow cad for this attack.
2
3
5
6
4
9
Immune to player card effects.
Lieutenant of Angmar cannot take damage unless there is at least 10 progress on the main quest.
Forced: At the end of the round, Lieutenant of Angmar moves to the staging area with the lowest total and makes an immediate attack against the first player.
5
3
9
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Bane of Amon Lanc attacks you, discard a random card from your hand. Bane of Amon Lanc gets +X for this attack, where X is that card's printed cost.
6
2
9
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Sorcerer of Dol Guldur attacks you, discard the top card of your deck. Then, discard each copy of that card from play.
"A great kind and sorcerer he was of old, and now he wields a deadly fear."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
3
4
8
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Chieftain Morlug attacks you, discard cards from the top of the encounter deck until an enemy is discarded and put it into play engaged with you.
4
3
8
Forced: When Dungeon Dweller attacks you, discard an ally you control.
Sauron would send her prisoners that he had no better uses for: he would have them driven to her hold, and report brought back to him of the play she made.
–The Two Towers
6
3
10
Immune to player card effects.
X is 1 more than the stage number of the main quest.
Cannot leave the staging area unless the players are at stage 3B.
6
3
9
Cannot have non-objective player card attachments or take non-combat damage.
Forced: After Nazgûl of Dol Guldur attacks you, either return it to the staging area or raise your threat by 3.
7
1
9
Cannot have non-objective player card attachments.
Forced: After Bane of Amon Lanc attacks and destroys an ally, the defending player discards 1 card from his hand for each excess point of damage dealt by this attack.
6
3
8
Cannot have non-objective player card attachments or take non-combat damage.
While Ungoliant's Spawn is in the staging area, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.
6
3
6
Cannot have non-objective player card attachments or take non-combat damage.
Forced: After Chieftain Ufthak engages you, the opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for an Orc enemy of cost 1 or less and puts it into play engaged with you. Shuffle the encounter deck.
4
1
4
Immune to player card effects.
Cannot be optionally engaged.
The Watcher gets +2 and +4 hit points per player.
6
4
8
Cannot have non-objective player card attachments or take non-combat damage.
While Brood Mother is in the staging area, no more than 5 progress can be placed on the main quest each round.
5
4
7
Cannot have non-objective player card attachments or take non-combat damage
Forced: After Goblin Warlord enters play, the opposing team searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a 0-cost Goblin enemy and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.