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Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gains the Gondor trait.
Action: Exhaust Steward of Gondor to add 2 resources to attached hero's resource pool.
"It was commanded yesterday."
–Denethor, The Return of the King
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Attach to a hero.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to give attached hero +1 or +1
until the end of the phase. Limit 3 times per phase.
'Speak no evil of the lady Galadriel!' said Aragorn sternly. 'There is in her and in this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware.'
–The Fellowship of the Ring
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Attach to a Dwarf hero.
Action: Exhaust King Under the Mountain to look at the top 2 cards of your deck. Add 1 to your hand and discard the other.
"Long ago in my grandfather Thror's time our family was driven out of the far North, and came back with all their wealth and tools to this Mountain on the map." –Thorin, The Hobbit
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![](/Images/Cards/Elves-of-Lorien/Wingfoot.jpg)
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Attach to a Ranger hero.
Response: After attached hero commits to a quest, name enemy, location or treachery. If a card of the named type is revealed during this quest phase, exhaust Wingfoot to ready attached hero.
"Wingfoot I name you. This deed of the three friends should be sung in many a hall. Forty leagues and five you have measured ere the forth day is ended!"
-Ăomer, The Two Towers
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Attach to a Noble hero.
Response: After attached hero gains any number of resources from a card effect, exhaust Heir of Mardil to ready attached hero.
"...in my turn I bore it, and so did each eldest son of our house, far back into the vanished years before the failing of the kings..."
–Denethor, The Return of the King
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![](/Images/Cards/Defenders-of-Gondor/Steward-of-Gondor.jpg)
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Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gains the Gondor trait.
Action: Exhaust Steward of Gondor to add 2 resources to attached hero's resource pool.
"It was commanded yesterday."
–Denethor, The Return of the King
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![](/Images/Cards/Angmar-Awakened-Hero-Expansion/Heir-of-Valandil.jpg)
Attach to a DĂșnedain hero.
Planning Action: Exhaust Heir of Valandil to reduce the cost of the next DĂșnedain ally you play this phase by 1 for each enemy engaged with you.
"But my home, such as I have, is in the North. For here the heirs of Valandil have ever dwelt in long line unbroken from father unto son for many generations." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Attach to a unique ally belonging to any sphere of influence.
Attached character loses the ally card type and gains the hero card type.
"But why, lord, did you receive me as sword–thain, if not to stay by your side?"
–Merry, The Return of the King
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![](/Images/Cards/Dream-chaser-Hero-Expansion/In-Service-of-the-Steward.jpg)
Attach to a character.
Attach character gains the Gondor trait.
But be it known that I have sworn him to my service...
–The Return of the King
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Attach to Prince Imrahil.
Price Imrahil gains the Outlands trait.
While you control Outlands allies that belong to 4 different spheres, add 1 additional resource to Prince Imrahil's resource pool when you collect resources during the resource phase (if Prince Imrahil is a hero).
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Attach to a hero.
While you control 2 or fewer heroes, attached hero does not exhaust to commit to the quest.
While you control 5 or fewer characters, attached hero gets +2 .
"Strider can take you by paths that are seldom tridden. Will you have him?"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Attach to a Dale or Esgaroth hero.
Planning Action: Exhaust King of Dale to reduce the cost of the next Dale ally you play this phase by 1 for each different player attachment on attached hero. That ally does not require a resource match.
Then Bard II, Brand's son, became King of Dale..
–The Return of the King
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Setup: Attach to the Ring-bearer.
Action: Add Mr. Underhill to the victory display to choose an enemy engaged with you. Until the end of the round, that enemy cannot attack you.
"I will give you a travelling name now. When you go, go as Mr. Underhill."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 defense and gains the Ranger trait.
"What roads would any dare to tread, what safety would there be in quiet lands, or in the homes of simple men at night, if the DĂșnedain were asleep, or were all gone into the grave?"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +2 hit points and gains the Healer trait.
"Few now have the skill of healing to match such evil weapons. But I will do what I can."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 and gains the Warrior trait.
"Three of the servants of Sauron were upon the Bridge, but they withdrew and I pursued them westward."
–Glorfindel, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 and gains the Noble trait.
Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as a tried warrior in the fullness of his strength.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
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![](/Images/Cards/Core-Set/Steward-of-Gondor.jpg)
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Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gains the Gondor trait.
Action: Exhaust Steward of Gondor to add 2 resources to attached hero's resource pool.
"It was commanded yesterday."
–Denethor, The Return of the King
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![](/Images/Cards/Core-Set/Protector-of-LĂłrien.jpg)
![Popularity 10/10 (Rank 738436)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Attach to a hero.
Action: Discard a card from your hand to give attached hero +1 or +1
until the end of the phase. Limit 3 times per phase.
'Speak no evil of the lady Galadriel!' said Aragorn sternly. 'There is in her and in this land no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware.'
–The Fellowship of the Ring
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![](/Images/Cards/Two-Player-Limited-Edition-Starter/Steward-of-Gondor.jpg)
![Popularity 10/10 (Rank 3004499)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gains the Gondor trait.
Action: Exhaust Steward of Gondor to add 2 resources to attached hero's resource pool.
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![](/Images/Cards/Conflict-at-the-Carrock/Nor-am-I-a-Stranger.jpg)
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Attach to a Gondor or Outlands hero.
If each hero you control has a printed resource icon, Lord of Morthond gains:
Response: After you play aally,
ally or
ally, draw 1 card.
"The Captains of the Outlands are expected up the South Road ere sundown. Come with us and you will see." –Bergil, The Return of the King
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Attach to a Scout hero.
While attached character is committed to the quest, place 1 progress on the first location revealed by the encounter deck each round.
"I have had a hard life and a long: and the leagues that lie between here and Gondor are a small part in the count of my journeys." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
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![](/Images/Cards/The-Nin-in-Eilph/Wingfoot.jpg)
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Attach to a Ranger hero.
Response: After attached hero commits to a quest, name enemy, location or treachery. If a card of the named type is revealed during this quest phase, exhaust Wingfoot to ready attached hero.
"Wingfoot I name you. This deed of the three friends should be sung in many a hall. Forty leagues and five you have measured ere the forth day is ended!"
–Ăomer, The Two Towers
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Attach to a non-objective unique ally in play.
The first player gains control of attached ally.
Damage from undefended attacks against you may be assigned to attached ally.
"...if by life or death I can save you, I will."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
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![](/Images/Cards/Celebrimbor's-Secret/Heir-of-Mardil.jpg)
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Attach to a Noble hero.
Response: After attached hero gains any number of resources from a card effect, exhaust Heir of Mardil to ready attached hero.
"...in my turn I bore it, and so did each eldest son of our house, far back into the vanished years before the failing of the kings..."
–Denethor, The Return of the King
![](/Images/Tactics-med.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Antlered-Crown/Captain-of-Gondor.jpg)
![Popularity 6/10 (Rank 295175)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
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Attach to a DĂșnedain hero.
Planning Action: Exhaust Heir of Valandil to reduce the cost of the next DĂșnedain ally you play this phase by 1 for each enemy engaged with you.
"But my home, such as I have, is in the North. For here the heirs of Valandil have ever dwelt in long line unbroken from father unto son for many generations." –Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Cards/The-Treachery-of-Rhudaur/Elf-friend.jpg)
![Popularity 2/10 (Rank 118525)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Dread-Realm/Sword-thain.jpg)
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Attach to a unique ally belonging to any sphere of influence.
Attached character loses the ally card type and gains the hero card type.
"But why, lord, did you receive me as sword–thain, if not to stay by your side?"
–Merry, The Return of the King
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![](/Images/Cards/Flight-of-the-Stormcaller/In-Service-of-the-Steward.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 45865)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Attach to a character.
Attach character gains the Gondor trait.
But be it known that I have sworn him to my service...
–The Return of the King
![](/Images/Cards/The-Drowned-Ruins/Strider.jpg)
![Popularity 6/10 (Rank 336666)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Attach to a hero.
While you control 2 or fewer heroes, attached hero does not exhaust to commit to the quest.
While you control 5 or fewer characters, attached hero gets +2 .
"Strider can take you by paths that are seldom tridden. Will you have him?"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
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![](/Images/Cards/A-Storm-on-Cobas-Haven/Rune-master.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 59776)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
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Attach to Prince Imrahil.
Price Imrahil gains the Outlands trait.
While you control Outlands allies that belong to 4 different spheres, add 1 additional resource to Prince Imrahil's resource pool when you collect resources during the resource phase (if Prince Imrahil is a hero).
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Attach to a Dale or Esgaroth hero.
Planning Action: Exhaust King of Dale to reduce the cost of the next Dale ally you play this phase by 1 for each different player attachment on attached hero. That ally does not require a resource match.
Then Bard II, Brand's son, became King of Dale..
–The Return of the King
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![](/Images/Cards/Fire-in-the-Night/The-Elvenking.jpg)
![Popularity 2/10 (Rank 104236)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Attach to a Silvan hero.
Action: Exhaust The Elvenking and return a Silvan ally you control to your hand to ready attached hero.
In a great hall with pillars hewn out of the living stong sat the Elvenking on a chair of carven wood.
–The Hobbit
![](/Images/Cards/The-Fortress-of-Nurn/Thorongil.jpg)
![Popularity 3/10 (Rank 133731)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Attach to a non-, non-
hero you control.
Response: After you attach Thorongil to a hero, search your collection for a different non-, non-
version of that hero and attach it to Thorongil. While Thorongil is in play, attached hero gains the game text and resource icon of the attached hero card. If Thorongil leaves play, remove the hero card attached to it from the game.
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Attach to a non-, non-
hero you control.
Response: After you attach Thorongil to a hero, search your collection for a different non-, non-
version of that hero and attach it to Thorongil. While Thorongil is in play, attached hero gains the game text and resource icon of the attached hero card. If Thorongil leaves play, remove the hero card attached to it from the game.
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![](/Images/Cards/The-Hobbit-On-the-Doorstep/King-Under-the-Mountain.jpg)
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Attach to a Dwarf hero.
Action: Exhaust King Under the Mountain to look at the top 2 cards of your deck. Add 1 to your hand and discard the other.
"Long ago in my grandfather Thror's time our family was driven out of the far North, and came back with all their wealth and tools to this Mountain on the map." –Thorin, The Hobbit
![](/Images/Cards/The-Black-Riders/Mr-Underhill.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 4420)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Setup: Attach to the Ring-bearer.
Action: Add Mr. Underhill to the victory display to choose an enemy engaged with you. Until the end of the round, that enemy cannot attack you.
"I will give you a travelling name now. When you go, go as Mr. Underhill."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Cards/The-Black-Riders/Tireless-Ranger.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 6140)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 defense and gains the Ranger trait.
"What roads would any dare to tread, what safety would there be in quiet lands, or in the homes of simple men at night, if the DĂșnedain were asleep, or were all gone into the grave?"
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Cards/The-Black-Riders/Skilled-Healer.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 13550)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +2 hit points and gains the Healer trait.
"Few now have the skill of healing to match such evil weapons. But I will do what I can."
–Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Cards/The-Black-Riders/Valiant-Warrior.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 2960)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 and gains the Warrior trait.
"Three of the servants of Sauron were upon the Bridge, but they withdrew and I pursued them westward."
–Glorfindel, The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Cards/The-Black-Riders/Noble-Hero.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 3450)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gets +1 and gains the Noble trait.
Venerable he seemed as a king crowned with many winters, and yet hale as a tried warrior in the fullness of his strength.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Esquire-of-Rohan.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 4440)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gains the Rohan trait.
Attached hero gets +1 while attacking with another Rohan character.
"Rise now, Meriadoc, esquire of Rohan of the household of Meduseld!"
–ThĂ©oden, The Return of the King
![](/Images/Cards/The-Flame-of-the-West/Esquire-of-Gondor.jpg)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 4440)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Setup: Attach to a hero.
Attached hero gains the Gondor trait.
Attached hero gets +1 while commited to the quest with another Gondor character.
"Here do I swear fealty and service to Gondor, and to the Lord and Steward of the realm..."
–Pippin, The Return of the King