Action: Raise your threat by 1 to look at the top card of the encounter deck. Then, reduce your threat by X, where X is the threat of that card.
Action: Search the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for any 1 non-objective card worth no victory points and add it to your victory display. Shuffle the encounter deck. Add Out of the Wild to the victory display.
Response: After Ithilien Lookout enters play, look at the top card of the encounter deck. If it is an enemy, you may discard it.
All had swords at their sides... –The Two Towers
"Elrond is sending Elves, and they will get in touch with the Rangers, and maybe with Thranduil's folk in Mirkwood." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
Response: After Celduin Traveler enters play, look at the top card of the encounter deck. If it is a location, you may discard it.
In two days going they rowed right up the Long Lake and passed out into the River Running... –The Hobbit