On all this Bilbo looked with misery. He had taken his stand on Ravenhill among the Elves – partly because there was more chance of escape from that point, and partly (with the more Tookish part of his mind) because if he was going to be in a last desperate stand, he preferred on the whole to defend the Elvenking. –The Hobbit

Siege. Characters may use instead of when questing here.)

Players cannot advance from this stage unless stage 2 and stage 3 are complete.

Forced: If there is no progress on this stage at the end of the round, each player must discard all resources from each hero's resource pool.