You are playing Nightmare mode.

Forced: After the players advance to a new quest stage, each player with fewer than 3 cards in his hand draws 3 cards.

"Not in half a thousand years have they forgotten their grievance that the lords of Gondor gave the Mark to Eorl the young and made alliance with him." –Gamling, The Two Towers

Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for the The Fords of Isen scenario.

Remove the following cards, in the specified quantities, from the standard encounter deck:

3x Dunland Prowler

2x Dunlending Bandit

1x Dunland Berserker

2x Gap of Rohan

2x The King's Road

Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard The Fords of Isen encounter deck.

Finally, flip this setup card over and place it next to the quest deck. Its effects remain active throughout the game, which is now ready to begin.