You've done all you can to slow the enemy, so you retreat inside Annúminas and man the walls. Grappling hooks and ladders are raised against the battlements and arrows whistle overhead as the host of Angmar attacks the city.

When Revealed: Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until X enemies are discarded. X is one less than the number of players in the game, to a minimum of 1. Add each enemy discarded this way to the staging area.

This stage gets -10 quest points for each Host of Angmar in a victory display.

Forced: At the beginning of the round, add 1 set aside Host of Angmar (from any stage's set aside area) to this staging area.

Response: At the end of the round, choose a stage. Each player at that stage draws 1 card.