


Attach to a Dwarf hero.
Action: Exhaust King Under the Mountain to look at the top 2 cards of your deck. Add 1 to your hand and discard the other.
"Long ago in my grandfather Thror's time our family was driven out of the far North, and came back with all their wealth and tools to this Mountain on the map." –Thorin, The Hobbit







Response: After you play Kili from your hand during the planning phase, search your deck for Fili and put him into play under your control. Then, shuffle your deck.
"Let us join the throng!"
–The Hobbit

Reduce the cost to play Keen as Lances by 1 for each card worth no victory points in the victory display.
Action: Add Keen as Lances to the victory display. Then, choose one: add 2 resources to a hero's resource pool, draw 3 cards, or reduce your threat by 4.






Knight of the White Tower's resource cost must be paid from a single hero's resource pool.
"...to be only a man of arms of the Guard of the Tower of Gondor is held worthy in the City, and such men have honour in the land." –Beregond, The Return of the King



Action: Choose a player. Each enemy engaged with that player gets -1 until the end of the phase. Then, the players as a group may spend 2
resources to have the chosen player draw 1 card each time he attacks and destroys an enemy this phase.
"Good!" said Legolas. "But my count is now two dozen. It has been knife–work up here." –The Two Towers


Attach to a Dale or Esgaroth hero.
Planning Action: Exhaust King of Dale to reduce the cost of the next Dale ally you play this phase by 1 for each different player attachment on attached hero. That ally does not require a resource match.
Then Bard II, Brand's son, became King of Dale..
–The Return of the King







Response: After you play Kili from your hand during the planning phase, seach your deck for Fili and put him into play under your control. Then shuffle your deck.
"Let us join the throng!"
–The Hobbit



Action: Choose a Dwarf character. Until the end of the phase, that character gets +3 .
Down from the wall leapt Gimli with a fierce cry the echoed in the cliffs. "KhazĂąd! KhazĂąd!" He soon had work enough.
–The Two Towers







Response: After Keen-eyed Took enters play, reveal the top card of each player's deck.
Action: Return Keen-eyed Took to your hand to discard the top card of each player's deck.
Then something Tookish woke up inside him...
–The Hobbit



Attach to a hero. Limit 1 per hero.
Attached hero gets +1 for each resource token on another copy of Keeping Count that is above the current number of resource tokens on this card.
Forced: After attached hero attacks and destroys an enemy, place 1 resource token on this card.







Each Outlands character you control gets +1 .
...foremost on the field rode the swan–knights of Dol Amroth with their Prince and his blue banner at their head. –The Return of the King







If each of your heroes has a printed resource icon, Knight of Minas Tirith gains:
Response: After Knight of Minas Tirith enters play, choose an enemy in the staging area. Engage that enemy and exhaust Knight of Minas Tirith to declare it as attacker (and resolve its attack) against that enemy.




Reduce the cost to play Keen as Lances by 1 for each card worth no victory points in the victory display.
Action: Add Keen as Lances to the victory display. Then, choose one: add 2 resources to a hero's resource pool, draw 3 cards, or reduce your threat by 4.



Action: Choose a player. Each enemy engaged with that player gets -1 until the end of the phase. Then, the players as a group may spend 2
resources to have the chosen player draw 1 card each time he attacks and destroys an enemy this phase.
"Good!" said Legolas. "But my count is now two dozen. It has been knife–work up here." –The Two Towers







Knight of the White Tower's resource cost must be paid from a single hero's resource pool.
"...to be only a man of arms of the Guard of the Tower of Gondor is held worthy in the City, and such men have honour in the land." –Beregond, The Return of the King







You may use resources from Kahliel's resource pool to pay for Harad ally cards of any sphere.
Action: Discard a Harad ally from your hand to ready a Harad character in play. (Limit once per phase.)
...the Southrons were bold men and grim...
–The Return of the King


Attach to Kahliel. Restricted.
Each Harad character gets +1 .
Refresh Action: Exhaust Kahlielâs Headdress to shuffle the topmost Harad ally in your discard pile into your deck.







Action: Exhaust Kahliel's Tribesman to choose another Harad character. That character gets +1 +1
and +1
until the end of the phase.
But the Haradrim, being now driven to the brink, turned at bay, and they were fierce in despair...
–The Return of the King



“I called for the help of the DĂșnedain, and their watch was doubled...”
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 copy of Keep Watch in the victory display.
While this quest is in the victory display, each non-unique enemy engaged with a player gets -1 .










Attach to a Dale or Esgaroth hero.
Planning Action: Exhaust King of Dale to reduce the cost of the next Dale ally you play this phase by 1 for each different player attachment on attached hero. That ally does not require a resource match.
Then Bard II, Brand's son, became King of Dale..
–The Return of the King







Response: After Knight of Belfalas enters play, return a Gondor ally from your discard pile to your hand.
The mounted knights returned, and at their rear the banner of Dol Amroth...
–The Return of the King



Planning Action: Choose a hero you control. Add 1 resource to its resource pool for each enemy engaged with you. You can only play 1 Knowledge of the Enemy each round.
"If a man must needs walk in sight of the Black Gate, or tread the deadly flowers of Morgul Vale, then perils he will have."
–Aragorm, The Fellowship of the Ring







Response: After you play Kili from your hand during the planning phase, search your deck for Fili and put him into play under your control. Then, shuffle your deck.
"Let us join the throng!"
–The Hobbit



Attach to a Dwarf hero.
Action: Exhaust King Under the Mountain to look at the top 2 cards of your deck. Add 1 to your hand and discard the other.
"Long ago in my grandfather Thror's time our family was driven out of the far North, and came back with all their wealth and tools to this Mountain on the map." –Thorin, The Hobbit

You cannot choose more than 2 heroes during setup.
Setup: Choose a non-neutral unique ally from your deck and put it into play. Add the sum of that ally's printed ,
,
, and hit points to your starting threat. Then, flip this card over and attach it to that ally.
“I am a messenger of the King,” he said. “You are speaking to the King's friend, and one of the most renowned in all the lands of the West.”
–Pippin, The Return of the King

Attached ally loses the ally card type and gains the hero card type.
Attached character cannot be readied more than once per phase.
Messenger of the King is immune to card effects while attached character is in play. If attached character leaves play, remove Messenger of the King from the game.







Response:After a Dwarf hero you control leaves play, put Brok Ironfist into play from your hand.
...there is no knowing what a Dwarf will not dare and do for revenge and the recovery of his own.
–The Hobbit



Action: Exhaust a character you control to immediately declare it as an attacker (and resolve its attack) against any eligible enemy target.
"...for he that strikes the first blow, if he strikes it hard enough, may need to strike no more." –Gandalf, The Two Towers



You must use resources from 3 different heroes' pools to pay for this card.
Action: Choose a player. That player's engaged enemies cannot attack that player this phase.
Without a word or cry, suddenly, the Riders halted. A thicket of spears were pointed towards the strangers...
–The Two Towers



Response: After a character is declared as a defender, deal 2 damage to the attacking enemy.
A swift stroke she dealt, skilled and deadly.
–The Return of the King







Action: Reduce your threat by 3 to give control of Wandering Took to another player. Raise that player's threat by 3. (Limit once per round.)
...but certainly there was something not entirely hobbit-like about them, and once in a while members of the Took-clan would go and have adventures. –The Hobbit







Response: After Northern Tracker commits to a quest, place 1 progress token on each location in the staging area.
"What roads would any dare to tread, what safety would there be in quiet lands, or in the homes of simple men at night, if the DĂșnedain were asleep, or were all gone into the grave?"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring



Attach to a hero. Attached hero gets -1
Response: Exhaust Dark Knowledge to look at 1 shadow card that was just dealt to an enemy attacking you.
'Go on then!' said Frodo. 'What do you know?'
'Too much; too many dark things,' said Strider grimly.
–The Fellowship of the Ring







Erebor Record Keeper cannot attack or defend.
Action: Exhaust Erebor Record Keeper and pay 1 resource to choose and ready a Dwarf character.







While Mirkwood Runner is attacking alone, the defending enemy does not count its .
"...let a ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swimming, and for running light over grass and leaf or over snow-an Elf."
–Legolas, The Fellowship of the Ring



While your threat is less than 40, reduce the cost to play Pillars of the Kings by 4.
Action: Set your threat to 40. If this effect raised your threat, draw a card (draw 4 cards instead if it raised your threat by 10 or more).
"Behold the Argonath, the Pillars of the Kings!"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring



Play Ranger Spikes into the staging area unattached.
If unattached, attach Ranger Spikes to the next eligible enemy that enters the staging area.
Players do not make engagement checks against attached enemy. Attached enemy gets -2 .







Response: After Riddermark Knight is declared as an attacker, it gets +2 for this attack. At the end of this attack, discard Riddermark Knight.







Action: Discard Westfold Horse-Breaker to choose and ready a hero.
"Your own valour has done more, and the stout legs of the Westfold–men marching through the night." –Gandalf, The Two Towers



Attach to a Rohan hero or Merry. Restricted.
Response: When a character leaves play, if that character shares at least one trait with the attached hero, exhaust Horn of the Mark to draw 1 card.
Then ÂĂowyn gave to Merry an ancient horn, small but cunningly wrought all of fair silver with a baldric of green.
–The Return of the King







Action: Exhaust and discard The Riddermarkâs Finest to place 2 progress tokens on any location.
"And there are no horses like the ones that are bred in that great vale between the Misty Mountains and the White."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring



Attach to a Rohan character. Restricted.
Attached character gets +1 (+2
instead if attacking an enemy in the staging area).
Right through the press drove ThĂ©oden Thengel's son, and his spear was shivered as he threw down thier chieftan. –The Return of the King






Forced: After the active location is explored, place Curious Brandybuck on the bottom of its owner's deck.
Response: After you travel to a location, put Curious Brandybuck into play from your hand, under any player's control.


He was taking a wandering course with many turns and doublings, to put off any pursuit. –The Fellowship of the Ring
Limit 1 per deck.
Response: When this stage is defeated, reduce each player's threat by 5.


Attach to a Ranger character. Limit 1 per character.
While attached character is commited to the quest, Weather-stained Cloak gains:
Response: Exhaust Weather-stained Cloak to cancel 1 point of damage just dealt to attached character.
They were clad in warm raiment and heavy cloaks...
–The Return of the King




Response: Exhaust a DĂșnedain or Ranger hero to cancel an enemy card just revealed from the encounter deck. Then, shuffle it back into the encounter deck and reveal an additional encounter card.
"... though I cannot disappear, I have hunted many wild and wary things and I can usually avoid being seen, if I wish."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring