Dawn comes and and pale streaks of light penetrate the dark forest, giving Mendor the light he needs to navigate. The Elf leads you with renewed confidence, but danger still lies between you and the safety of Thranduil's halls.

When Revealed: The opposing team searches the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for a card with cost 2 or less (3 or less if there are two or more players), sets it aside, and shuffles the encounter deck. Reveal the set aside card. It's 'when revealed' effects cannot be canceled.

X is equal to the threat level of the player with the highest threat level.

Each player's threat cannot be reduced by more than 1 each round.

Forced: After the players quest successfully, if 10 or more progress was placed here this phase, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.

If the players defeat this stage, they win the game.