Jack stops you suddenly. “Look here; I nearly missed it. A hidden trail veers off the road and into the wilderness. And see these tracks?” He stoops and gestures at the fresh dirt. “A man passed through here less than a day ago.”

When Revealed: Add 4 time counters to Follow the Trail. Shuffle the encounter discard pile into the encounter deck. Each player discards cards until an enemy is discarded and adds it to the staging area.

Forced: At the end of the quest phase, if this stage was in play for the entire phase and no progress was placed here this phase, each player discards an ally they control.

Forced: At the end of the round, raise each player's threat by 1 for each enemy in the staging area.