Thane Ulchor has returned to Dorwinion at night with an army of Easterlings. His agents within the city slew the guards and opened the gate to let them in. You wake to find battle already raging in the streets.

Setup: Add Thane Ulchor and Gate of Dorwinion to the staging area. Each player adds a different location to the staging area. Make a copy of Makeshift Fortification the active location. Shuffle the enocounter deck.

The stage gets +4 quest points per player. Progess cannot be placed on locations in the staging area by player card effects.

Forced: When a location is explored, the first player takes control of it.

The stage cannot be defeated unless there are more locations under the players' control than in the staging area at the end of the round.