X is 1 more than the number of enemies in play.
Travel: Each player engages an enemy in the staging area to travel here.
"...the Men of Westernesse were diminished, and their city of of Annúminas beside lake Evendim fell into ruin..."
–Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring
Immune to player card effects.
Forced: At the end of the round, place 1 resource on City Wall. Then, if there are 3 resources here, discard City Wall to deal 4 damage to Annúminas and reveal an encounter card.
Travel: Reveal the top card of the encounter deck to travel here.
While the players are at stage 3, Dol Guldur gains:"Forced: At the end of the round, after resolving the Forced effect on each stage 3 in play, reduce Dol Guldur's city strength by X, where X is the total siege value of each location explored and each enemy destroyed at each stage this round."
While Dockside Street is in the staging area, enemies in the staging area cannot be damaged or optionally engaged.
Travel: Exhaust the hero with Alcaron's Scroll attached to travel here.
While Alcaron's Scroll is not attached to a hero, Pelargir Alley gets +3
Shadow: If the defending player controls a hero with Alcaron's Scroll attached, attach Alcaron's Scroll to the attacking enemy.
Forced: At the end of the round, place 1 resource token on Traitors' Den. Then, if it has 4 or more resource tokens on it, remove all tokens from it and reveal at random one of the Plot cards removed from the game during setup. Add that card to the staging area.
While Rath Celerdain is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, reveal the top card of the underworld deck. If it is an objective, discard it."
"...go down to the lowest circle and ask for the Old Guesthouse in the Rath Celerdain, the Lampwrights' Street." –Beregond, The Return of the King
Travel: Reveal all facedown cards underneath Arched Tunnel, one at a time. Then, place the top card of the underworld deck facedown underneath Arched Tunnel, if able.
And each time that it passed the line of the Great Gate it went through an arched tunnel... –The Return of the King
While City of Spies is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: When you commit a character to the quest, raise your threat by 1. This effect does not stack with other copies of City of Spies."
While Dark Pathway is the active location, the first treachery card without the printed surge keyword revealed during the quest phase gains surge.
Shadow: Either remove 1 time counter from the current quest or treat this attack as undefended.