

When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls. Until the end of the round, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.

Shadow: Until the end of the round, defending character cannot ready.






Forced: When Half-orc of Isengard attacks, either discard 1 random card from your hand, or Half-orc of Isengard gets +3 for this attack.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard 1 random card from your hand.




When Revealed: Each player assigns X damage among questing characters he controls, where X is the of the active location. If there is no active location, Fire and Foul Fumes gains surge.

Shadow: Assign X damage among characters you control. X is the of the active location.


When Revealed: Until the end of the round, characters cannot be declared as attackers. If there are no engaged enemies, raise each player's threat by 4.

Shadow: Until the end of the round, defending character cannot ready.






The engaged player cannot reduce his threat.
Forced: When Pale Faces attacks, raise your threat by 4.

Shadow: Attacking enemy get +X where X is the Mire X value of the active location.


When Revealed: Each player must choose: either raise your threat by 1 for each questing character you control, or deal 1 damage to each character you control.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, place 1 mire token on the active location.








Forced: After Southron Warrior engages you, discard an ally you control.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2
instead if the defending character is damaged.






Cannot have attachments or be placed under The Black Gate.
Southron Rearguard gets -1 engagement cost for each progress token on stage 1B.

Shadow: Return attacking enemy to the staging area.



While Wooded Glade is the active location, treat each non-objective attachment's text box as if it were blank.

Shadow: Discard a non-objective attachment you control.



While Dense Fern-brake is the active location, enemies in the staging area are immune to player card effects.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.


When Revealed: Until the end of the round, each Harad enemy in the staging area gets +2 -30 engagement cost, and cannot be optionally engaged.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.





Forced: When Foul-smelling Cave is explored, place 1 resource on Shelob, if able.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2
instead if attacking enemy is Shelob).






When Revealed: Either discard a random card from your hand, or engage Orc of Minas Morgul and reveal an additional encounter card.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2






Forced: After Under-gate Sentry attacks and destroys a character you control, discard a random card from your hand.

Shadow: Either discard a random card from your hand, or exhaust a character you control.


When Revealed: Each player removes a character he controls from the quest and exhausts that character. Until the end of the round, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.

Shadow: Exhaust a character you control. Until the end of the round, that character cannot ready.


When Revealed: Deal Growing Stench to Shelob as a facedown shadow card.

Shadow: Defending character cannot ready. If the attacking enemy is Shelob and this attack destroys a character, place 1 progress on Shelob.