At the center of a large temple room is a hideous state of Sauron seated upon an iron throne. It is a terrible reminder of the darkness that awaits Middle–earth should you fail in your vigilance.

When Revealed: Reveal 1 encounter card per player.

This stage gets +4 quest points per player.

Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, each player discards 1 card from his hand. Until the end of the round, no more than X progress can be placed on this stage. X is the total cost of each card discarded by this effect.

While there are 4 quest stages in the victory display, progress cannot be placed here.