While Mirkwood Runner is attacking alone, the defending enemy does not count its .

"...let a ploughman plough, but choose an otter for swimming, and for running light over grass and leaf or over snow-an Elf."
–Legolas, The Fellowship of the Ring

Veteran of Nanduhirion enters play with 1 damage on it.

With cries of "Moria!" and "Dain, Dain!" the dwarves of the Iron Hills plunged in... –The Hobbit

Action: Exhaust Zigil Miner and name a number to discard the top 2 cards of your deck. If at least one of those cards has cost equal to the named number, choose a hero you control. For each card that matches the named number, add 1 resource to that hero's resource pool.

Erebor Record Keeper cannot attack or defend.

Action: Exhaust Erebor Record Keeper and pay 1 resource to choose and ready a Dwarf character.

Action: Exhaust Ravenhill Scout to move up to 2 progress tokens from 1 location to another location.

"They made their first camp on the western side of the great southern spur, which ended in a height called Ravenhill." –The Hobbit

Ranged. Sentinel. Secrecy 3.

They roamed at will southwards, and eastwards even as far as the Misty Mountains; but they were no few and rarely seen.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Spend 1 resource to give control of Rider of the Mark to another player. (Limit once per round.)

Response: After Rider of the Mark changes control, discard a shadow card dealt to an enemy you are engaged with.

Sentinel.

Watcher of the Bruinen does not exhaust to defend.

Forced: After Watcher of the Bruinen defends, either discard it from play or discard 1 card from your hand.

Erebor Battle Master gets +1 for each other Dwarf ally you control. (Limit +4 .)

Action: Exhaust Warden of Healing to heal 1 damage on up to 2 different characters. Then, you may pay 2 resources to ready Warden of Healing.

"But for long years we healers have only sought to patch the rents made by the men of swords." –Return of the King

Response: After Longbeard Elder commits to a quest, look at the top card of the encounter deck. If that card is a location, place 1 progress token on the current quest. Otherwise, Longbeard Elder gets -1 until the end of the phase.

Ranged.

Trollshaw Scout does not exhaust to attack.

Forced: After Trollshaw Scout attacks, either discard it from play or discard 1 card from your hand.

Action: Exhaust Imladris Stargazer to choose a player. That player looks at the top 5 cards of his deck and then returns them to the top of his deck in any order.

Action: Exhaust Master of the Forge to search the top 5 cards of your deck for any 1 attachment and add it to your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.

Action: Exhaust Errand-rider to move 1 resource from the resource pool of a hero you control to another hero's resource pool.

For the people of the City used horses very little and they were seldom seen in their streets, save only those ridden by the errand–riders of their lord. –The Return of the King

Lower the cost to play Citadel Custodian by 1 for each Gondor ally in play.

"And the Enemy must pay dearly for the crossing of the River." –Denethor, The Return of the King

Response: After you play Hunter of Lamedon from your hand, reveal the top card of your deck. If it is an Outlands card, add it to your hand. Otherwise, discard it.

From Lamedon, a few grim hillmen without a captain. –The Return of the King

Action: Exhaust Ithilien Tracker to lower the of the next enemy added to the staging area to 0 until the end of the phase.

Green gauntlets covered their hands, and their faces were hooded and masked with green, except for their eyes, which were very keen and bright. –The Two Towers

Action: Exhaust Master of Lore to name a card type. Lower the cost for you to play the next card of that type by 1 until the end of the phase (to a minimum of 1).

"If Cirith Ungol is named, old men and masters of lore will blanch and fall silent." –Faramir, The Two Towers

Response: After Envoy of Pelargir enters play, add 1 resource to a Gondor or Noble hero's resource pool.

Each Outlands character you control gets +1 .

... grim–faced they were, and shorter and somewhat swarthier than any men that Pippin had yet seen in Gondor. – The Return of the King

Each Outlands character you control gets +1 .

...foremost on the field rode the swan–knights of Dol Amroth with their Prince and his blue banner at their head. –The Return of the King

Each Outlands character you control gets +1 .

We heard of the horns in the hills ringing,
the swords shining in the South–kingdom.
–The Return of the King

Each Outlands character you control gets +1 hit point.

From the Anfalas, the Langstrand far away, a long line of men of many sorts, hunters and herdsmen and men of little villages... –The Return of the King

Forced: After a character leaves play, discard Silvan Refugee from play.

"The Elves have their own labours and their own sorrows..."
–Gildor, The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After a card effect adds any number of resources to the resource pool of a hero you control, Harbor Master gains +1 until the end of the round.

For the Elves of the High Kindred had not yet forsaken Middle–earth, and they dwelt still at that time at the Grey Havens...–The Fellowship of the Ring

If each hero you control belongs to the same sphere of influence, you may assign damage from undefended enemy attacks to White Tower Watchman instead of a hero you control.

The watchmen cried aloud, and all men in the City stood to arms. –The Return of the King

Response: After an encounter card with surge is revealed, discard Minas Tirith Lampwright to name enemy, location, or treachery. If the next encounter card revealed is the named type, discard it without resolving its effects.

Ranged.

Response: After Ithilien Archer attacks and damages an enemy, return that enemy to the staging area.

If each of your heroes has a printed resource icon, Knight of Minas Tirith gains:

Response: After Knight of Minas Tirith enters play, choose an enemy in the staging area. Engage that enemy and exhaust Knight of Minas Tirith to declare it as attacker (and resolve its attack) against that enemy.

Pelargir Shipwright gets +1 for each hero you control with a printed hero resource icon.

"It is forty leagues and two from Pelargir to the landings at the Harlond..."
–Aragorn, The Return of the King

Response: After Squire of the Citadel leaves play, add 1 resource to a Gondor hero's resource pool.

As he spoke he struck a small silver gong that stood near his footstool, and at once servants came forward.
–The Return of the King

Response: After Pelargir Ship Captain enters play, move 1 resource from the resource pool of a hero you control to another hero's resource pool.

Response: After Ered Nimrais Prospector enters play, discard the top 3 cards of your deck. Then, choose and shuffle 1 card from your discard pile back into your deck.

Response: After you raise your threat from the Doomed keyword, ready Orthanc Guard.

"...the keepers of the gate were on the watch for me and told me that Saruman awaited me." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After you raise your threat from the Doomed keyword, Isengard Messenger gets +1 until the end of the round. (Limit twice per round.)

"I have an urgent errand," he said. "My news is evil." –Radagast, The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Discard Westfold Outrider to choose an enemy not engaged with you. Engage the chosen enemy.

"Erkenbrand of Westfold has drawn off those men he could gather towards his fastness at Helm's Deep. The rest are scattered."–Rider of Rohan, The Two Towers

Response: After Westfold Horse-breeder enters play, search the top 10 cards of your deck for a Mount attachment and add it to your hand. Shuffle your deck.

"They love their horses next to their kin." –Boromir, The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Naith Guide enters play, choose a hero. That hero does not exhaust to quest this round.

"...I shall lead you well..." –Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Choose another player. That player gains control of Blue Mountain Trader. Then, that player moves 1 resource from the resource pool of a hero he controls to the resource pool of a hero you control, or Blue Mountain Trader is discarded. (Limit once per round.)

Secrecy 2.

Response: After Ithilien Lookout enters play, look at the top card of the encounter deck. If it is an enemy, you may discard it.

All had swords at their sides... –The Two Towers

Secrecy 2.

"Elrond is sending Elves, and they will get in touch with the Rangers, and maybe with Thranduil's folk in Mirkwood." –Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

You may give Greyflood Wanderer doomed 2 when you play it from your hand. If you do, it gains:

Response: After you play Greyflood Wanderer, place 1 progress token on each location in play.

...others had gone west, and with the help of Aragorn and the Rangers had searched the lands far down the Greyflood... –The Fellowship of the Ring

You may give Herald of Anórien doomed 2 when you play it from your hand. If you do, it gains:

Response: After you play Herald of Anórien, choose a player. That player may put into play 1 ally from his hand with a printed cost 2 or lower.

"Send the heralds forth! Let them summon all who dwell nigh!" –Théoden, The Two Towers

Response: After Galadhrim Minstrel enters play, search the top five cards of your deck for an event card and add it to your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.

...the language was that of Elven–song and spoke of things little known on Middle–earth. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Sentinel.

Response: After a Silvan ally you control leaves play, ready Defender of the Naith.

"We have been keeping watch on the rivers, ever since we saw a great troop of Orcs going North toward Moria..." –Haldir, The Fellowship of the Ring

Ranged.

Response: After Galadhon Archer enters play, deal 1 damage to an enemy not engaged with you.

"...they say that you breathe so loud that they could shoot you in the dark." –Legolas, The Fellowship of the Ring

Secrecy 2.

Response: After Celduin Traveler enters play, look at the top card of the encounter deck. If it is a location, you may discard it.

In two days going they rowed right up the Long Lake and passed out into the River Running... –The Hobbit

You may give Mirkwood Pioneer doomed 1 when you play it from your hand. If you do it gains:

Response: After you play Mirkwood Pioneer, choose a card in the staging area. Until the end of the round, the chosen card does not contribute its .