While Stonewain Valley is in the staging area, resources discarded or spent by the first player for any reason are placed on Stonewain Valley.

Stonewain Valley gets +1 for each resource on it.

"Way is wide for four horses in Stonewain Valley yonder," he waved his hand southwards: "but narrow at beginning and at end." –Ghân–buri–Ghân, The Return of the King

When Revealed: Either discard 1 villager token from Rescued Villagers, or Orc Raiders makes an immediate attack against the first player.

Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack after this one.

Villagers 2.

Forced: When any amount of progress is placed on a location in the staging area, discard 1 villager token from that location.

Travel: The first player searches the encounter deck for an enemy, reveals it, and puts it into play engaged with him. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Archery X.

X is the number of locations controlled by the first player.

Forced: After Haradrim Warrior engages a player, it gets +X and +X until the end of the round.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to defending character.

Dunland Assassin cannot be optionally engaged by a player with 3 or more cards in his hand.

While Dunland Assassin is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After the first player draws any number of cards, Dunland Assassin makes an immediate attack against him."

X is the number of cards in the first player's hand.

While Western Shore is in the staging area, each enemy gets -X engagement cost.

Shadow: If you have 5 or more cards in your hand, this attack is considered undefended.

Forced: After Vigilant Orc enters the staging area, it makes an immediate attack against the first player. If this attack destroys a character, remove 1 time counter from the current quest.

Fierce and shrill rose the yells of the Orcs, and suddenly horn–calls ceased. –The Two Towers

X is the number of characters controlled by the first player.

Forced: After Methedras Peak leaves play as an explored location, each player searches 3.

...they had come to the feet of the mountains, and to the green roots of tall Methedras. –The Two Towers

Forced: After Orc Trail leaves play as an explored location, choose an out of play Orc enemy, either set aside or in the victory display, and add it to the staging area. Then, the first player searches 4.

"No other folk make such a trampling."
–Legolas, The Two Towers

While Entwood is in the staging area, each Huorn enemy in the staging area gains: "Immune to player card effects."

Travel: The first player engages the highest engagement cost Huorn enemy in the staging area.

Whiles Plains of Dunland is in the staging area, each Dunland enemy gets -20 engagement cost and cannot be optionally engaged.

Travel: The first player engages the highest enemy in the staging area to travel here.

When Revealed: Each player draws 1 card. Until the end of the round, add X to the total in the staging area. X is the number of card in the first player's hand.

Shadow: Put the topmost enemy in the discard pile into play engaged with you and deal it a shadow card.

When Revealed: Either reduce each player's threat elimination level by 2, or Orc Seeker engages the first player and makes an immediate attack.

Shadow: Reduce each player's threat elimination level by 2 (5 instead if undefended).

When Revealed: Trigger Little Snuffler's Scour effect.

Scour: The first player discards a random card from his hand and assigns X damage among locations in the staging area. X is the discarded card's cost.

Dusty Labyrinth gets +1 for each damage on it.

Scour: Deal 2 damage to Dusty Labyrinth.

Travel: The first player must place a card from his hand facedown underneath The Orcs' Search to travel here.

When Revealed: Either remove 1 time counter from a location in play, or Raven Clan Elite make an immediate attack against the first player.

"Death to the Fogoil! Death to the Strawheads!"
–Dunlending, The Two Towers

When Revealed: Each player draws 1 card. Until the end of the round, add 1 to the total in the staging area for each card in the first player's hand.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, discard your hand and draw 3 cards.

Surge.

When Revealed: Attach Daechanar's Curse to the top of the first player's deck. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "The next time a player would draw 1 or more cards from attached deck, reanimate those cards instead. Then, discard Daechanar's Curse.")

When Revealed: Attach All is Lost to the first player's threat dial. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "Each time you attack a Reanimated Dead, raise your threat by 1.")

Shadow: If attacking enemy is a Reanimated Dead, it attacks again after this attack.

Boarding 1. Cannot have attachments.

Forced: At the end of the encounter phase, if Sahír's Pursuer is in the staging area, the first player must either engage it or shift your heading off-course.

Forced: After attackers are declared during an attack against Guardian of the Golden King, look at the bottom card of the first player's deck. Choose and remove characters from the attack until only X or fewer characters are attacking, where X is the looked-at-card's printed cost (those characters do not ready).

Aflame 10. Immune to player card effects.

Forced: After the first player plays an ally from his hand, deal 1 damage to the N relenya.

Aflame 8. Immune to player card effects.

Forced: After the first player draws and number of cards, deal 1 damage to the Dawn Star.

Aflame 6. Immune to player card effects.

Forced: After the first player attacks and enemy, deal 1 damage to the Silver Wing.

Travel: Deal 3 damage to each ready character. The first player may spend up to 3 resources to reduce the damage dealt to each character by 1 for each resource spent.

Riddle: The first player names a card title, shuffles his deck, and discards the top 5 cards. For each card that matches, place 1 progress on stage 2.

When Revealed: Discard 2 resources from Bilbo Baggins's resource pool, or Gollum makes an attack against Bilbo Baggins.

Riddle: The first player names a sphere, a cost, and a card type, shuffles his deck, and discards the top 3 cards. For each card that matches all three items, place 1 progress on stage 2.

When Revealed: Attach We Hates It! to Gollum. (Counts as a Condition attachment with the text: "If the players are on stage 3, Gollum gets +2 .")

Riddle: The first player names a Trait, shuffles his deck, and discards the top card. For each card that has at least 1 matching Trait, place 1 progress on stage 2.

Foced: When Erebor Bats attacks, the defending player discards 1 random card from his hand.

Burgle: The first player shuffles his deck and reveals the top card. He may discard 2 cards from his hand that match the card's cost and type.

Foced: When the Front Gate is explored, each Dragon enemy in play makes an attack against the first player. (Deal and resolve a shadow card for this attack.)

Burgle: The first player shuffles his deck and reveals the top card. He may discard 3 cards from his hand that match the revealed card's cost.

Doomed 1.

When Revealed: Each player raises his threat by 1 for each attachment attached to a character he controls.

Burgle: The first player shuffles his deck and reveals the top card. He may discard 1 card from his hand that matches the revealed card's sphere, type, and cost.

Cannot be optionally engaged.

Forced: At the end of the round, if Gundabad Elite is in the staging area, either remove 2 progress from the current quest, or Gundabad Elite makes an attack against the first player.

While Green-Hill Country is in the staging area, add 1 to each Hide X value.

Travel: The first player makes a Hide 1 test.

Shadow: After this attack, attacking enemy engages the next player then makes an immediate attack.

While Stock Woods is in the staging area, players cannot commit more than 2 characters to a Hide test.

Travel: The first player makes a Hide 1 test.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 (+3 instead if you have failed a Hide test this round).

When Revealed: Starting with the first player, each player makes a Hide 2 test. Each player who fails this Hide test raises his threat by 5.

Shadow: If the defending player has failed a Hide test this round, this attack is considered undefended.

Doomed 2.

When Revealed: The first player must either exhaust the One Ring and reveal an encounter card, or make a Hide 3 test.

Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +2 If this attack destroys a character, raise your threat by 3.

Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.

Forced: After The One Ring is exhausted, Menacing Weath engages the first player and makes an immediate attack.

"Open, in the name of Mordor!" said a voice thin and menacing, –The Fellowship of the Ring

X is the number of characters the first player controls.

Travel: The first player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a Spy enemy, reveals it, and adds it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

"I don't know if the Road has ever been measured in miles beyond the Forsaken Inn..." –The Fellowship of the Ring

Toughness 2. Archery 1.

Forced: After Isengard Tracker destroys a character, move it to the first player's staging area.

Shadow: After this attack, move attacking enemy to the first player's staging area.

Surge.

When Revealed: Attach to the current quest. (Counts a Condition attachment with the text:"Forced: At the end of the round, each player at this stage raises his threat by 1 for each enemy in the staging area. Then, discard Hunting the Ring and move each enemy in this staging area to the first player's staging area.")

Shadowy Thicket gets +2 for each facedown card under The Black Gate.

Travel: The first player reveals the top facedown card under The Cross-roads and adds it to the staging area to travel here.

...presently the noise of fighting broke out near at hand, just above their hiding–place.
–The Two Towers

Immune to player card effects.

While Cobwebbed Tunnel is in the staging area, each Underground location in the staging area gets +1 and +5 quest points.

Travel: The first player reveals an encounter card to travel here.