If unattached, return Alcaron's Scroll to the staging area and it gains:

Action: Exhaust a hero to attach Alcaron's Scroll to that hero.

Forced: When the hero with Alcaron's Scroll attached is damaged by an enemy attack, attach Alcaron's Scroll to that enemy.

Forced: When the player whose hero has Alcaron’s Scroll attached raises his threat, Harbor Thug engages that player.

Shadow: Any damage dealt by this attack is dealt to the hero with Alcaron’s Scroll attached, if able.

If Alcaron’s Scroll is attached to a hero, The Leaping Fish gains:

Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase discard X cards from the top of the encounter deck where X is the number of players in the game. Add each enemy discarded by this effect to the staging area.

Forced: Each time a location is discarded from the top of the encounter deck, raise each player's threat by 1.

Shadow: Deal attacking enemy an additional shadow card for each Thug enemy in play.

While Celador is in the staging area, he is committed to the current quest.

Forced: After players quest unsuccessfully or a character leaves play, deal 1 damage to Celador.

If Celador leaves play, remove him from the game.

Forced: When Pickpocket attacks, the defending player discards 1 resource from one of his heroes' resource pools and 1 card at random from his hand.

Shadow: Defending player discards 1 of his attachments. (Discard all of his attachments instead if undefended.)

Forced: When Zealous Traitor engages a player, that player must deal 1 damage to each ally he controls. (2 damage instead if Zealous Traitor was not optionally engaged.)

Forced: When Lossarnach Bandit engages a player, that player discards 1 resource from each of his heroes’ resource pools. (2 resources instead if Lossarnach Bandit was not optionally engaged.)

Archery 2.

Forced: When Umbar Assassin engages a player, that player must deal 3 damage to a hero he controls. (Discard that hero instead if Umbar Assassin was not optionally engaged.)

Forced: When Haradrim Elite enters play, it makes an immediate attack from the staging area against the first player.

Shadow: This enemy attacks again after this attack resolves. (Deal a new shadow card for that attack.)

Forced: When Orc Rabble is dealt a shadow card, it gets +2 until the end of the phase.

Shadow: Deal the attacking enemy an additional shadow card for each player in the game.

Forced: When Orc Arsonist engages a player, deal 1 shadow card to each enemy engaged with that player.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . Deal it another shadow card.

Daughter of Berúthiel cannot be optionally engaged.

Forced: After Daughter of Berúthiel attacks, return her to the staging area. The engaged player may raise his threat by 4 to prevent this effect.

Forced: After The Hand of Castamir attacks, reveal the top card of the encounter deck, resolve its effects, and discard it.

Forced: After a treachery card is revealed from the encounter deck, The Hand of Castamir makes an immediate attack against the first player.

Forced: When Telemnar’s Bane attacks, discard the top 3 cards of each player's deck.

Forced: After a player plays an event card, Telemnar’s Bane makes an immediate attack against the first player.

Underworld 2.

Forced: After Houses of the Dead becomes the active location, exhaust all characters.

"The houses of the dead are no places for the living." –Gandalf, The Return of the King

Forced: At the end of the round, place 1 resource token on Up in Flames and discard the top X cards of each player's deck. X is the number of resource tokens on Up in Flames.

If any player has no cards in his deck, the players have lost the game.

X is the number of damage tokens on Dead Villagers.

Forced: When Ghulat attacks, place 1 damage token on Dead Villagers.

While Ghulat is in play, the game cannot end.

Forced: After Marauding Orc attacks and destroys a character, place 1 damage token on Dead Villagers.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, discard 1 villager token from Rescued Villagers.

Villagers 4.

Forced: At the end of the round, discard 1 villager token from Burning Farmhouse.

Houses and barns were burning. –The Return of the King

Villagers 3.

While Gondorian Hamlet is in the staging area it gains:

Forced: After a treachery card is revealed from the encounter deck, discard 1 villager token from Gondorian Hamlet.

The townlands were rich, with wide tilth and many orchards... –The Return of the King

Forced: After Uruk Soldier attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller returns a location he controls to the staging area, if able.

Shadow: Defending player raises his threat by 1 for each location he controls.

Action: If there is no active location, search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Osgiliath location, reveal it and add it to the staging area. Then, make West Gate the active location. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Forced: After the player who controls West Gate lets an attack go undefended, return West Gate to the staging area.

Travel: Reveal the top card of the encounter deck and add it to the staging area to travel here.

Forced: After the player who controls The King’s Library lets an attack go undefended, return The King’s Library to the staging area.

"For that is the ruin of Osgiliath on either side of Anduin, which our enemies took and burned long ago."
–Beregond, The Return of the King

The players cannot travel here.

Combat Action: Exhaust a hero to place 1 progress token on Ancient Harbor.

Forced: After the player who controls Ancient Harbor lets an attack go undefended, return Ancient Harbor to the staging area.

The players cannot travel here.

Planning Action: Spend 2 resources to place 1 progress token on The Old Bridge. (1 resource instead if there is another Osgiliath location in the staging area.)

Forced: After the player who controls The Old Bridge lets an attack go undefended, return The Old Bridge to the staging area.

Surge.

Response: After an enemy is defeated, place 1 progress token on Ruined Square.

Forced: If a player controls Ruined Square when a character leaves play, return Ruined Square to the staging area.

Travel: If there is 1 active location, exhaust a character to travel here. (There are now 2 active locations.)

Forced: After the player who controls Ruined Tower loses control of a location, return Ruined Tower to the staging area.

X is the total number of hidden cards in the game.

Forced: At the end of the round, each player must raise his threat by 1 for each hiddien card in his play area.

Forced: After Orc Ambusher engages you, discard 1 non-objective ally you control, if able.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3 instead if undefended.)

Forced: After Brutal Uruk attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller turns all hidden cards in his play area faceup. Deal a shadow card to each enemy turned faceup by this effect and resolve their attacks as normal.

Forced: When Evil Crow engages a player, that player takes 1 hidden card.

Shadow: Take 1 hidden card.

Archery X.

X is the number of players in the game.

Forced: After The Dark Woods leaves play as an explored location, the first player discards 1 hidden card.

Forced: After any number of progress tokens are placed on To the Tower, deal Morgul Sorcerer a shadow card.

Shadow: Defending player must place 1 progress token on To the Tower or treat this attack as undefended.

Forced: When Morgul Tracker is optionally engaged, place 1 progress token on To the Tower.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 . If undefended, place 1 progress token on To the Tower as well.

Forced: After Murzag attacks, reveal the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is an enemy, put it into play engaged with the defending player.

Forced: When Lord Alcaron attacks, place 1 progress token on To the Tower.

Forced: When Lord Alcaron is dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect, he makes an additional attack after this one (deal and resolve another shadow card).

Forced: At the end of the round, each player returns 1 enemy engaged with him to the staging area.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, place 1 progress token on To the Tower.

While Fords of Isen is in the staging area, players cannot gain resources from card effects.

Forced: After Fords of Isen becomes the active location, each player with fewer than 5 cards in his hand draws cards until he has 5 in his hand.

The road dipped between rising turf–banks, carving its way through the terraces to the river's edge, and up again upon the further side. –The Two Towers

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: After Mugash is defeated, the first player attaches him to a hero he controls and exhausts that hero. Counts as a Captive attachment with the text:

Attached hero cannot ready. If attached hero leaves play, the players lose the game.

While a player controls a hero with Mugash attached, Mugash’s Guard engages that player.

Forced: After Mugash’s Guard destroys a character, if Mugash is attached to a hero, return Mugash to the staging area.

Forced: When Methedras Orc attacks, the defending player shuffles 1 random card from his hand into his out-of-play deck.

Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, remove 1 time counter from the current quest.

While Methedras is the active location, each location in the staging area gets +1

Forced: When Methedras leaves play as an explored location, each player Searches 3.

Beyond there glimmered far away, as if floating on a grey cloud, the white head of tall Methedras, the last peak of the Misty Mountains. –The Two Towers

Forced: After Orc Cave leaves play as an explored location, the first player Searches 5.

Travel: Discard the top X cards of the encounter deck to travel here. X is the number of players in the game. Add each Orc enemy discarded this way to the staging area.

Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, reveal the top card of each player's out-of-play deck. Add each revealed enemy to the staging area and discard the rest.

Shadow: Defending player discards an attachment he controls.

Guarded.

Action: Exhaust a hero to claim this objective when it is free of encounters. Attach Mugash to that hero.

Forced: After attached hero takes damage, return Mugash to the top of the encounter deck.

Hinder.

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: At the beginning of each resource phase, the engaged player must raise his threat by 2.

"There is a great power in them, and they seem able to wrap themselves in shadow..." –Merry, The Two Towers

Hinder.

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: At the beginning of each resource phase, Angry Huorn attacks the engaged player.

"I should be terrified of meeting them, if there were no true Ents about to look after them." –Merry, The Two Towers

Hinder.

Cannot have attachments.

Forced: At the beginning of each resource phase, the engaged player must deal 3 damage to a character he controls.

"We could not see them, of course, but the whole air was full of creaking." –Merry, The Two Towers

Forced: After Orc Skirmisher engages a player, that player must either deal 3 damage to a character he controls, or remove 1 time counter from the current quest.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 .