Forced: After Hummerhorns engages you, deal 5 damage to a single hero you control.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to each character the defending player controls. (2 damage instead if this attack is undefended.)

Forced: If Dungeon Jailor is in the staging area after the players have just quested unsuccessfully, shuffle 1 unclaimed objective card from the staging area back into the encounter deck.

Campaign Mode only.

Archery X. X is the number of players in the game.

Immune to player card effects. Cannot be optionally engaged.

Temple Guardian gets -50 engagement cost while Cursed Temple is the active location.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After Ford of Bruinen leaves play as an explored location, all engaged enemies are discarded.

Travel: The first player must reveal the top card of the encounter deck to travel here.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: When The Great Bridge is explored, discard a hero from play to deal X damage to The Balrog. X is that hero's threat cost. Then, The Balrog loses all keywords for the remainder of the game. Any player may trigger this response.

Toughness 3. Cannot have attachments.

Allies cannot be declared as attackers or defenders against Uglúk.

"I am Uglúk. I command." –The Two Towers

Forced: After Grishn kh enters play, the first player attached 1 of the Captives to him. If Grishn kh is defeated, place the attached Captive faceup underneath To Isengard!

Forced: At the end of the quest phase, deal 1 damage to the attached Captive.

Attach to Aragorn.

Quest Action: Exhaust Aragorn and Palantír of Orthanc to discard the top card of the encounter deck. If Aragorn's is greater than the discarded card's you may add Palantír of Orthanc to the victory display and remove it from the campaign pool to choose a player. That player reveals 1 fewer encounter card this phase (to a minimum of 0).

X is the number of resources on The ~Corsair Fleet.

The players cannot travel here unless there are at least 3 Ship locations in the victory display.

Travel: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a Corsair enemy and adds it to the staging area. One of those enemies must be ~Corsa

Immune to player card effects.

While Gate of Gondor is the active location, each enemy in play gets -30 engagement cost.

Forced: When Gate of Gondor is explored, return each engaged enemy

...it was the key, the weakest point in all that high and impenetrable wall. -The Return of the King

Setup: Add Wraith on Wings to the staging area.

Cannot have non-Morgul attachments.

Wraith on Wings gets +1 Threat 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.)

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.

Forced: After Hummerhorns engages you, deal 5 damage to a single hero you control.

Shadow: Deal 1 damage to each character the defending player controls. (2 damage instead if this attack is undefended.)

Forced: If Dungeon Jailor is in the staging area after the players have just quested unsuccessfully, shuffle 1 unclaimed objective card from the staging area back into the encounter deck.

X is double the number of players in the game.

While Amon Hen is the active location, players cannot play events.

X is double the number of players in the game.

While Amon Lhaw is the active location, treat all attachments as if their printed text boxes were blank.

Immune to player card effects. X is the number of players in the game.

Travel: The players must exhaust 3 Key objectives.

Forced: After the players travel here, each engaged Guardian enemy makes an immediate attack.

Cannot have attachments.

Ancient Marsh-dweller gets +1 and +1 for each resource token on it.

Forced: After any number of time counters are removed from the current quest, place a resource token here.

X is the number of cards underneath The Orcs’ Search.

Scour: Each player must search the encounter deck and discard pile for an Orc enemy and add it to the staging area.

Forced: After 1 or more captured cards are rescued, Jailor Gornákh engages the player with the highest threat and makes an immediate attack.

"Come on now! We've talked enough. Let's go and have a look at the prisoner!"
–Shagrat, The Two Towers

Guarded. Safe.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After you travel to Secluded Cave, each player draws 3 cards.

Guarded. Safe.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After you travel to The Hoarwell, heal 1 damage from each character in play.

Guarded. Safe.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After you travel to Abandoned Camp, each player may return 1 card from his discard pile to his hand.

Guarded. Safe.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After you travel to Patch of Woods, each player adds 1 resource to each of his heroes' resource pools.

While Daechanar is in play, progress cannot be placed on Altar of Midwinter.

Forced: At the end of the staging step, the first player must either reveal 1 additional card from the encounter deck, or reanimate the top card of his deck.

Shrine to Morgoth cannot have attachments and cannot enter the staging area.

Forced: At the beginning of the quest phase, flip Shrine to Morgoth to its Underwater side, without removing its progress tokens.

When Shrine to Morgoth is placed in the victory display, the players have escaped from the flooded grotto and win the game.

Shrine to Morgoth cannot have attachments and cannot enter the staging area.

Forced: If Shrine to Morgoth is the active location at the end of the quest phase, raise each player's threat by 5.

When Shrine to Morgoth is placed in the victory display, the players have escaped the flooded grotto and win the game.

Each Raider enemy with at least 1 resource on it is immune to player events.

Forced: At the beginning of the resource phase, add 1 resource to each Raider enemy in play.

So it stood, until after the second arising of Sauron, which now approached. Umbar fell under the dominion of his servants, and the memorial of his humiliation was thrown down.
–The Return of the King

Immune to player card effects. X is 1 more than the number of side quests in the victory display.

Cannot leave the staging are or take more than X damage from non-quest effects each round.

While at least 3 side quests are in the victory display, Dagnir is considered to be engaged with each player.

Immune to player card effects.

The players cannot travel to The Cursed Tomb unless they control 3 Loot objectives.

Forced: After the player travel to The Cursed Tomb, search the encounter deck and discard pile for Fram's Shade and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck. Fram's Shade makes an immediate attack against each player in turn order.

Immune to player card effects. Cannot leave the staging area.

Forced: When Urdug attacks, discard the top card of the encounter deck. He gets +X for this attack, where X is the discarded card's printed

When Urdug is destroyed, the players win the game.

Immune to player card effects.

X is 1 more than the number of locations controlled by the players.

The players cannot travel here unless stage 2B has at least 12 progress on it.

Travel: Thane Ulchor attacks each player in turn order.

Immune to player card effects.Indestructible.

X is 1 more than the number of resources on the main quest.

City Guard cannot leave the staging area but is considered to be engaged with each player whose threat is equal to or higher than its engagement cost.

Troll enemies not engaged with a player cannot take damage.

Forced: After William engages a player, sack 2.

Forced: Return William to the staging area at the end of the combat phase. The engaged player may raise his threat by 1 to cancel this effect.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: After Ford of Bruinen leaves play as an explored location, all engaged enemies are discarded.

Travel: The first player must reveal the top card of the encounter deck to travel here.

Immune to player card effects.

Response: When The Great Bridge is explored, discard a hero from play to deal X damage to The Balrog. X is that hero's threat cost. Then, The Balrog loses all keywords for the remainder of the game. Any player may trigger this response.

Attach to Aragorn.

Quest Action: Exhaust Aragorn and Palantír of Orthanc to discard the top card of the encounter deck. If Aragorn's is greater than the discarded card's you may add Palantír of Orthanc to the victory display and remove it from the campaign pool to choose a player. That player reveals 1 fewer encounter card this phase (to a minimum of 0).

Toughness 3. Cannot have attachments.

Allies cannot be declared as attackers or defenders against Uglúk.

"I am Uglúk. I command." –The Two Towers

Forced: After Grishn kh enters play, the first player attached 1 of the Captives to him. If Grishn kh is defeated, place the attached Captive faceup underneath To Isengard!

Forced: At the end of the quest phase, deal 1 damage to the attached Captive.

X is the number of resources on The Corsair Fleet.

The players cannot travel here unless there are at least 3 Ship locations in the victory display.

Travel: Each player searches the encounter deck and discard pile for a Corsair enemy and adds it to the staging area. One of those enemies must be Corsair Captain, if able.

Immune to player card effects.

While Gate of Gondor is the active location, each enemy in play gets -30 engagement cost.

Forced: When Gate of Gondor is explored, return each engaged enemy to the staging area.

...it was the key, the weakest point in all that high and impenetrable wall. –The Return of the King

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.)

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.

Immune to player card effects. X is twice the number of players in the game.

While The Stone of Erech is that active location, characters with less than 2 cannot ready.

Travel: Exhaust each character with less than 2

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.

Peril.

Immune to player card effects. The players cannot travel here.

Forced: After Great Barrow enters the staging area, remove each character you control from the quest and create your own staging area. Then advance to a separate stage 4A by yourself.

Immune to player card effects.

While Bill Ferny’s House is in the victory display, each Suspect, and each shadow card dealt to a Suspect, is immune to player card effects.

Travel: Search the encounter deck, discard pile and victory display for Bill Ferny and add him to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Immune to player card effects.

While Staddle Hiding Hole is in the victory display, each player not engaged with a Suspect cannot declare attackers against that Suspect.

Travel: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Greenway Footpad, reveal it, and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Immune to player card effects.

While Combe Storehouse is in the victory display, each Suspect gains:

Forced: After this enemy engages a player, it makes an immediate attack.

Travel: Search the encounter deck and discard pile for a Lawless Ruffian and add it to the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.