The Goblin, Urdug, has agreed to show you a secret entrance to Mount Gundabad, but only if you help him recover some things he lost in Rhovanion.

Setup: The first player takes control of Urdug, objective side face-up. Set each other objective and objective-ally aside, out of play. Shuffle the encounter deck and discard cards from the top until X locations are discarded, where X is the number of players. Add each discarded location to the staging area.

You have agreed to help the Goblin in return for his assistance, but you keep a wary eye on him all the same.

Progress cannot be placed on locations in the staging area.

Forced: When the active location is explored, if the first player controls Urdug, advance to a random stage 2A.