You are playing Nightmare mode.

Setup: Raise each player's starting threat by 5.

Progress cannot be placed on Crossing at Tharbad while Bellach is in play.

The houses looked large and strange to them. Sam stared up at the inn with its three storeys and many windows, and felt his heart sink.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Begin with the standard quest deck and encounter deck for Trouble in Tharbad scenario.

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

1x Orc Hunter

2x Orc Skirmisher

2x Tharbad Hideout

2x Hidden Alleyway

1x Decrepit Rooftops

2x Orc Hunting Party

Then, shuffle the encounter cards in this Nightmare Deck into the remainder of the standard Trouble in Tharbad 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.