Setup: Add 2 resources to Denethor's resource pool.

Action: Move 1 resource from Denethor's resource pool to another Gondor hero's resource pool. (Limit once per round.)

"...why should I sit here in my tower and think, and watch, and wait, spending even my sons? For I can still wield a brand."
-The Return of the King

Each hero with an attached Mount gets +1

Each hero with an attached Mount gets +1

Each hero with an attached Mount gets +1

Ahead nearer the walls Elfhelm's men were among the siege–engines, hewing, slaying, driving their foes into the fire–pits.
–The Return of the King

Resources in Na'asiyah's resource pool cannot be used to pay for allies.

Action: While Na'asiyah is attacking or defending, pay 1 resource from her resource pool to give her +2 or +2 for this attack.

Combat Action: Spend 1 resource from Prince Imrahil's resource pool to search the top 5 cards of your deck for an ally who shares at least 1 Trait with him, and put that ally into play. Shuffle your deck. At the end of the phase, if that ally is still in play, shuffle it into your deck. (Limit once per round.)

Draw 1 additional card at the beginning of the resource phase.

Forced: After drawing cards at the beginning of the resource phase, choose and discard 1 of those cards.

Very tall he was, and his beard was long, and he was grey and old, save that his eyes were keen as stars...
–The Return of the King

Ranged.

Response: After an encounter card with surge is revealed, either ready Lanwyn or give her +2 until the end of the phase. (Limit twice per phase.)

“The Men of Dale used to have the trick of understanding their language, and used them for messengers to fly to the Men of the Lake...”
–Thorin, The Hobbit

Ranged.

Action: Exhaust Argalad to choose an enemy in the staging area. Until the end of the phase, that enemy gets -X , where X is Argalad's . If this effect reduces the enemy's to 0, deal 1 damage to it. (Limit once per round.)

Response: After drawing your setup hand, instead of taking a mulligan, you may discard any number of cards from your hand. Then, draw that many cards.

Action: If you have no cards in your hand, draw 6 cards. (Limit once per game.)

"What power still remains lies with us..."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Spend 1 resource to ready Ceorl. Then, you may give control of Ceorl to another player. Any player may trigger this action. (Limit once per phase).

He drew himself up. Then he knelt, offering his notched sword to the king. "Command me, lord!" he cried.
–The Two Towers

Forced: At the end of the round, discard Dwarven Sellsword unless the players as a group spend 1 resource.

...he did not altogether approve of dwarves and their love of gold...
–The Hobbit

Sentinel.

Action: Spend 1 resource to look at a facedown shadow card dealt to an engaged enemy. If that card has a shadow effect, Eldahir gets +2 until the end of the phase. Any player may trigger this action. (Limit once per phase.)

Knight of the White Tower's resource cost must be paid from a single hero's resource pool.

"...to be only a man of arms of the Guard of the Tower of Gondor is held worthy in the City, and such men have honour in the land." –Beregond, The Return of the King

While the top card of your discard pile is an attachment, Warden of the Havens gets +2 and gains sentinel.

"...and if he comes, assailing the White Towers and the Havens, hereafter the Elves may have no escape from the lengthening shadows of Middle-earth."
–Galdor, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a or sentinel hero. Restricted.

Response: After attached hero defends against an attack, exhaust Armored Destrier to ready attached hero. Then, discard a shadow card from another enemy engaged with the defending player.

Attach to a hero.

Response: After Dúnedain Remedy is attached to a hero, heal 1 damage on that hero.

Action: Pay 1 resource from attached hero's resource pool to attach Dúnedain Remedy to another hero.

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

Attach to a or a Scout character.

Response: At the beginning of the travel phase, exhaust Mariner’s Compass and attached character to search the top 5 cards of the encounter deck for a location. Switch that location with a location in the staging area. Shuffle the encounter deck.

Attach to a Gondor hero.

Action: Spend 2 resources from attached hero's resource pool to draw 1 card.

"The last Steward of Gondor begs leave to surrender his office." And he held out a white rod.
–The Return of the King

Attach to a Ranger or hero.

Response: After a Signal attachment is attached to a hero, exhaust Rune-master to add 1 resource to that hero's resource pool.

Response: After an enemy is declared as an attacker against you, declare an exhausted character you control as the defender. Resolve that effect again for each copy of Anchor Watch currently in your discard pile (all chosen characters are defending against this attack).

Resource Action: Exhaust a Noble hero you control to add 2 resources to that hero's resource pool.

...in these days men are slow to believe that a captain can be wise and learned in the scrolls of lore and song, as he is, and yet man of hardihood and swift judgement in the field.
–Beregond, The Return of the King

Response: When an enemy attacks a player, that player may declare up to 3 eligible characters as defenders against this attack. Then, the players as a group may spend 2 resources to ready each defending character that takes no damage from this attack.

Response: After you declare a Noble character as a defender against an attack made by an engaged enemy, return that enemy to the staging area. Then, cancel the attack.

So great a power and royalty was revealed in Aragorn...that many of the wild men paused, and looked back over their shoulders to the valley, and some looked up doubtfully at the sky.
–The Two Towers

Response: After Azain Silverbeard participates in an attack that destroys an enemy, spend 1 resource to deal 2 damage to another enemy that shares a Trait with the destroyed enemy. Any player may trigger this response.

Sentinel.

Response: While Déorwine is defending, spend 1 resource to cancel a shadow effect dealt to the attacking enemy. Any player may trigger this action.

Ranged.

Response: After Marksman of Lórien enters play, choose an enemy. That enemy gets -2 until the end of the round.

"Keen are the eyes of the Elves."
–Aragorn, The Two Towers

Response: After you play Master Ironsmith from your hand, if you paid all of its resource cost from a single hero's resource pool, attach a Weapon or Armor attachment from your hand or discard pile to that hero without paying its resource cost.

While the top card of your discard pile is an ally, Mithlond Sea-watcher gets +2 and gains ranged.

But it was an old tradition that away over there stood the Grey Havens, from which at times elven-ships set sail, never to return.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After Soldier of Dol Amroth enters play, reduce the cost of the next card you play this phase by 1.

...he and his knights still held themselves like lords in whom the race of Númenor ran true
–The Return of the King

Veteran Sword-elf gets +1 and +1 for each copy of Veteran Sword-elf in your discard pile.

The elves were the first to charge. Their hatred for the goblins is cold and bitter.
–The Hobbit

Attach to a character.

Quest Action: Discard Grappling Hook and exhaust attached character to commit attached character to the quest, using its instead of its (or instead of its if the current quest has the siege keyword).

Attach to a Warrior character. Raiment of War counts as 2 Restricted attachments.

Attached character gets +1 +1 and +2 hit points.

Now men came bearing raiment of war from the king's hoard...
–The Two Towers

Attach to a Warrior character. Limit 1 per character.

Attached character gets +2 hit points.

Response: When another character would be assigned any amount of damage, place 1 of that damage on attached character instead.

Play only before the staging step.

Quest Action: Exhaust a hero you control to immediately declare it as an attacker (and resolve its attack) against any eligible enemy target. Then, the players as a group may spend 1 resource to commit that hero to the quest.

Fey he seemed, or the battle-fury of his fathers ran like new fire in his veins...
–The Return of the King

Action: Choose a player. Each enemy engaged with that player gets -1 until the end of the phase. Then, the players as a group may spend 2 resources to have the chosen player draw 1 card each time he attacks and destroys an enemy this phase.

"Good!" said Legolas. "But my count is now two dozen. It has been knife–work up here." –The Two Towers

Response: After a Warrior character is destroyed while defending against an enemy attack, deal damage to the attacking enemy equal to that character's printed .

In a grave along under the shadow of the Hornburg lay Háma, captain of the King's guard. He fell before the Gate.
–The Two Towers

Play only if you control a Noldor hero.

Action: Choose a non-unique enemy. Until the end of the phase, treat the chosen enemy's printed text box as if it were blank (except for Traits).

"...seeing an Elf–lord revealed in his wrath, they were dismayed, and their horses were stricken with madness."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

As an additional cost to play Skyward Volley, exhaust a ranged character you control.

Combat Action: Deal 2 damage to an enemy engaged with a player. Resolve that effect again for each copy of Skyward Volley currently in your discard pile (you may choose different targets).

Glorfindel can be played from your discard pile.

Action: Discard a card from your hand to ready Glorfindel. (Limit once per phase.)

"He is an Elf-lord of a house of princes."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After you play Linhir Sea-captain from your hand, if you paid all of its resource cost from a single hero's resource pool, both that hero and Linhir Sea-captain do not exhaust to quest this round.

Response: After Rhovanion Outrider commits to the quest, place 1 progress on a location in the staging area. If that location is not explored by this effect, give Rhovanion Outrider +1 until the end of the phase.

While the top card of your discard pile is an event, Sailor of Lune gets +1 and gains: "Cannot be damaged while committed to the quest."

"They are sailing, sailing, sailing over the Sea, they are going into the West and leaving us," said Sam, half chanting the words, shaking his head sadly and solemnly.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Reduce the cost to play Sam Gamgee by 2 if you control Frodo Baggins.

Response: After a player raises his threat, that player may spend 1 resource to ready Sam Gamgee. He gets +1 +1 and +1 until the end of the round. (Limit once per round.)

Action: Spend 1 resource to exhaust Súlien. Then, each location in the staging area gets -1 until the end of the phase. Any player may trigger this action.

Response: After Woodland Courier enters play, place 1 progress on a location (2 progress instead if that location has the Forest trait).

Attach to a location. Limit 1 per location

Response: After a player plays a Silvan ally from his hand, place 1 progress on attached location.

He made his end of the rope fast about another tree, and then ran lightly along it, over the river and back again, as if he were on a round.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a Noldor character.

Action: Exhaust To the Sea, to the Sea! and discard X cards from your hand to reduce the cost of the next Noldor ally played this phase by X (to a minimum of 1).

To the Sea, to the Sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
–The Return of the King

Attach to a hero, or to Éowyn. Restricted.

Attached hero gets +1 .

Response: After attached character is removed from the quest, exhaust Windfola to commit attached hero to the quest.

...the great grey steed Windfola made little of the burden; for Dernhelm was less in weight than many men, though lithe and well-knit in frame. –The Return of the King

Play only after the staging step.

Quest Action: Choose X questing Hobbit characters you control. Ready each chosen character and remove them from the quest. Then, reduce your threat by X.

"The road goes on for ever," said Pippin; "but I can't without a rest. It is high time for lunch."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Quest Action: Ready a questing character and give that character +1 until the end of the phase. Resolve that effect again for each copy of Elwing’s Flight currently in your discard pile (you may choose different targets).

There flying Elwing came to him
and flame was in the darkness lit;
more bright than light of diamond
the fire upon her carcanet.
–The Fellowship of the Ring