6
2
8
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: When Umbar Pirate Crew engages you, exhaust a character you control.
Shadow: If the active location is a Ship return attacking enemy to the staging area after this attack.
3
2
4
Forced: When Haradrim Pirate engages you, deal 1 damage to a character you control (2 damage instead if the active location is a Ship).
Shadow: Defending character gets -1 for each damage on it.
5
2
5
Cannot have attachments or be attacked by more than 1 character at a time.
When Revealed: The Black Serpent makes an immediate attack against the first player.
...he was filled with a red wrath and shouted aloud, and displaying his standard, black serpent upon scarlet, he came... –The Return of the King
6
2
9
Cannot have attachments or take more than 3 damage each round.
Forced: When War Mûmak is defeated, reduce each player's threat by 4.
4
2
4
Forced: After Southron Champion is dealt a shadow card with no shadow effect, either deal 3 damage to Minas Tirith, or it makes an additional attack after this one.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to Minas Tirith
3
1
4
When Revealed: Put the topmost Orc enemy in the discard pile into play engaged with you.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.
3
1
3
When Revealed: Either deal 2 damage to a hero you control, or deal 2 damage to Minas Tirith.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if it has the Mordor trait).
2
1
2
While Minas Tirith is in play, undefended damage dealt by Mordor Orc must be dealt to Minas Tirith.
Shadow: If Minas Tirith is in play, engage Mordor Orc and deal it a shadow card.
6
4
12
1 
Setup: Add Wraith on Wings to the staging area.
Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.
Wraith on Wings gets +1 and -1 enagement cost for each resource on it.
Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, place 1 resource on Wraith on Wings (Limit 5 resources.)
6
2
8
6
6
14
Immune to player card effects.
Cannot be optionally engaged or take damage.
Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, discard cards from the encounter deck until an enemy is discarded. Add the discarded enemy to the staging area.
6
6
14
Only the engaged player can declare attackers against the Witch-king.
Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, The Witch-king engages the first player. Then, it makes an immediate attack.
"No living man may hinder me!" –The Return of the King
5
4
6
Cannot have attachments. Cannot take non-combat damage.
Allies cannot attack or defend against Shagrat.
Forced: After progress is placed on the quest, Shagrat gets -X engagement cost until the end of the round. X is the amount of progress just placed.
3
2
4
Wounded Uruk enters play with 2 damage on it.
Forced: After Wounded Uruk engages you, it gets +2 until the end of the round.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each damage on it.
6
5
11
Immune to player card effects. Cannot leave the staging area.
Forced: After a player cancels a 'when revealed' effect, The Mouth of Sauron makes an immediate attack against that player.
The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad–d–r he was...
–The Return of the King
6
4
9
Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.
Forced: After Nazgûl of Mordor attacks, either raise your threat by 4, or return Nazgûl of Mordor to the staging area.
...out of the gathering mirk the Nazgûl came with their cold voices crying words of death; and then all hope was quenched.
–The Return of the King
7
3
8
Cannot have attachments.
Forced: After Gorgoroth Hill-troll attacks and destroys a character, the defending player discards a random card from his and hand and raises his threat by that card's printed cost.
...these fell creatures would bite the throats of those that they threw down.
–The Return of the King
3
1
4
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to a questing character you control.
Shadow: After this attack, attacking enemy engages the next player then makes an attack.
4
3
4
When Revealed: Choose a questing character you control and remove it from the quest.
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
2
2
5
Surge. Immune to non-
player card effects.
Gollum engages the first player.
*Forced: After Gollum is discarded during a Fortitude test, put him into play engaged with the first player. Then, choose an encounter card discarded from this test and ignore its 
icons.
*
6
3
10
Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.
While Ringwraith of Sauron is in the staging area it gains:"Forced: After a player fails a Fortitude test, Ringwraith of Sauron engages that player and makes an immediate attack."
(|) (|)
...with a storm of wings they hurtled southwards to Mount Doom.
–The Return of the King
5
4
6
Forced: After Orc Captain engages you, make a Fortitude test. If you fail this test, reveal the top card of the encounter deck.
(|) (|)
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.
4
3
5
Forced: After Big Uruk engages you, either raise your threat by 4, or Big Uruk makes an immediate attack against you.
(|)
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 for each ally you control.
3
2
3
3
1
3
Forced: After Orc of Mordor engages you, exhaust a character you control.
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.
4
2
3
Forced: After Snaga Archer engages you, deal 2 damage to a character you control.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending character is damaged).
5
2
5
Forced: After Uru Soldier engages you, raise your threat by 2.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 If this attack destroys a character, return attacking enemy to the staging area.
5
2
4
Immune to player card effects. Cannot be optionally engaged.
Forced: When The Two Watchers deals any amount of damage, cancel that damage and raise the defending player's threat by X instead. X is the amount of damage just canceled.
6
6
11
Players cannot play attachments on The Witch-king.
While The Witch-king is in the staging area, each character gets -1 
.
Forced: After The Witch-king attacks, he returns to the staging area unless the defending player raises his threat by 3.
1
0
2
Forced: At the beginning of the encounter phase, all copies of Snaga Scouts engage the player with the lowest threat. (The first player chooses in case of a tie.)
4
1
3
Forced: After Wolves from Mordor attack and destroy a character, shuffle Wolves from Mordor into the encounter deck.
Shadow: Deal 2 damage to the defending character.
3
1
4
Each damage dealt by Wainriders raises the defending player's threat by 1.
3
3
4
2
1
8
If the players have crossed the Anduin, Uruk Vanguard gets +3 .
Shadow: attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if players have crossed the Anduin).
5
9
20
Immune to player card effects.
When Revealed: Smaug the Mighty makes an immediate attack against each player (deal and resolve a shodow card for each attack).
7
7
20
Immune to player card effects.
When Revealed: Resolve all burn damage from all locations in play
"My armour is like tenfold shields, my teeth are swords, my claws spears, the shock of my tail a thunderbolt, my wings a hurrican, and my breath death!"—The Hobbit
8
8
20
6
3
9
Spectral. Cannot have attachments.
While you are engaged with The Lord of the Dead, treat all printed text boxes on characters you control as if they were blank (except Traits.)
4
1
5
When Revealed: Players cannot play events until the end of the round.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (Dusk. +2 instead. Midnight. +3 instead).
3
0
2
When Revealed: Return the topmost Undead enemy in the encounter discard pile to the staging area.
4
1
6
Dusk. Shadow Host Captain gets +1 and +1
Midnight. Shadow Host Captain gets +2 and +2
2
1
3
5
4
12
Indestructible. Immune to player card effects.
Forced: When Old Man Willow attacks, discard a random location from the victory display. The defending player raises his threat by X, where X is that location's victory point value.
4
2
6
While Long Trailer is in the staging area it gains:"Forced: After the active location leaves play as an explored location, Long Trailer makes an immediate attack against the first player."
"Occasionally the most unfriendly ones may drop a branch, or stick a root out, or grasp at you with a long trailer." –Merry, The Fellowship of the Ring
3
3
5
Forced: After Grasping Root engages a player, that player must assign X damage among characters he controls. X is the number of locations in the victory display.
...a great tree–root seemed to be over him and holding him down... –The Fellowship of the Ring
1
0
2
Forced: After Army of Flies engages a player, that player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.
Shadow: Defending player discards a non-objective attachment he controls.
5
2
12
Cannot have attachments.
Lurker of the Depths cannot be engaged or take more than 4 damage each round.
While Lurker of the Depths is in the staging area, it is considered to be engaged with each player.