Though Sauron moved his seat of power to Barad–d–r, the fortress of Dol Guldur remains a stronghold of dark sorcery.

When Revealed: Remove all tokens from the Lieutenant enemy at this stage and set it aside, out of play. Add the set aside Sorcerer of Dol Guldur to the staging area, unless it is in a victory display. If Dol Guldur's city strength is 5 or lower (10 or lower if playing epic multiplayer mode), Sorcerer of Dol Guldur makes an immediate attack against each player in turn order.

Sorcerer of Dol Guldur gets -1 engagement cost for each progress token on this stage.

Forced: At the end of the round, remove 5 progress from this stage or each player at each stage discards all but 1 card from his hand. The first player may remove an additional 5 progress from this stage to choose a player at any stage. That player searches his deck for a card, adds it to his hand, and shuffles his deck.