Action: Discard 1 card from your hand to give Éowyn +1 until the end of the phase. This effect may be triggered by each player once each round.

Slender and tall she was in her white robe girt with silver; but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings.
–The Two Towers

Action: Exhaust Faramir to choose a player. Each character controlled by that player gets +1 until the end of the phase.

"He leads now in all perilous ventures. But his life is charmed, or fate spares him for some other end."
–Mablung, Ranger of Ithilien,
The Two Towers

Attach to a hero. Restricted.

Attached hero gains +2

If attached hero is Aragorn, he also gains a resource icon.

"You needn't," said Bilbo. "As a matter of fact it was all mine. Except that Aragorn insisted on my putting in a green stone. He seemed to think it important. I don't know why."
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a hero.

Attached hero gains +1 .

"You are indeed high in the favor of the Lady!"
–Unnamed Elf of Lórien,
The Fellowship of the Ring

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

Only one copy of Mendor's Support can be played each round.

Action: Mendor gets +2 , +2 , and +2 until the end of the round.

While Dáin Ironfoot is ready, Dwarf characters get +1 and +1 .

"You have not heard of Dain and the dwarves of the Iron Hills?" –Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit

Action: Choose a Dwarf hero. That hero gets +2 +2 and +2 until the end of the round.

A king he was on carven throne
In many–pillared halls of stone
With golden roof and silver floor,
And runes of power upon the door.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

Response: After a Silvan ally enters play, that ally gets +1 +1 and +1 until the end of the round.

"...the lord of the Galadhrim is accounted wisest of the Elves of Middle–earth, and a giver of gifts beyond the power of kings." –Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to Galadriel. She gains a Lore resource icon.

Quest Action: Exhaust Nenya and Galadriel to add her Willpower to another character's Willpower until the end of the phase.

"The is Nenya, the Ring of Adamant, and I am its keeper." -Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: If you control a unique Noldor character, give another character +1 until the end of the phase and lower your threat by 3.

"Believe rather that it is so ordered that we, who sit here, and none others, must now find counsel for the peril of the world."
–Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring

Action: Exhaust Faramir to choose a player. Each character controlled by that player gets +1 until the end of the phase.

"He leads now in all perilous ventures. But his life is charmed, or fate spares him for some other end."
–Mablung, Ranger of Ithilien,
The Two Towers

Attach to a Gondor hero.

While attached hero has at least 1 resource in its resource pool, Gondor characters get +1

"...still the lords of Gondor have keener sight than lesser men..." –Denethor, The Return of the King

While committed to a quest, Escort from Edoras gets +2

Forced: After resolving a quest to which Escort from Edoras was committed, discard Escort from Edoras from play.

Limit 1 per deck. Attach to a Gondor hero.

Attached hero gets +1

Valour Response: After attached hero quests successfully, add The Red Arrow to the victory display to search the top 5 cards of your deck for an ally and put it into play.

"The Red Arrow has not been seen in the Mark in all my years!"
–Théoden, The Return of the King

Action: Until the end of the phase, all Rohan characters get +2

With astonishing speed and skill they checked their steeds, wheeled, and came charging round. –The Two Towers

If the active location shares a Trait with a location in the victory display, Rossiel gets +2 .

If the attacking enemy shares a Trait with an enemy in the victory display, Rossiel gets +2 .

"Did you not say that you wished to see Elf-magic?"
–Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring

Ingold gets +1 for each hero you control with at least 1 resource in its resource pool.

"We wish for no strangers in the land at this time, unless they be mighty men of arms in whose faith and help we can trust." —The Return of the King

Veteran of Osgiliath gets +1 , +1 , and +1 while your threat is 40 or higher.

"So do we ever watch the shores nigh Osgiliath, which our enemies now partly hold, and issue from it to harry our lands."
–Faramir, The Two Towers

Warden of Annúminas gets +1 for each enemy engaged with you.

Rangers passed at times beyond the hills, but they were few and did not stay. –The Fellowship of the Ring

Attach to a Dúnedain or Noldor hero. Limit 1 per hero.

While you are engaged with an enemy, attached hero gets +1 and cannot have its reduced.

...each cloak was pinned upon the left shoulder by a brooch of silver shaped like a rayed star. –The Return of the King

Lords of the Eldar can only be played from your discard pile.

Action: Place Lords of the Eldar on the bottom of your deck from your discard pile. Then, until the end of the round all Noldor characters get +1 , +1 , and +1 .

Action: Exhaust a Noldor character to ready a Dúnedain character, or vice-versa. Until the end of the phase, add the exhausted character's printed to the other character's and .

Long was the way that fate them bore,
O'er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of iron and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
–The Fellowship of the Ring

East Road Ranger gets +2 while committed to a side quest.

"If you bring a Ranger with you, it is well to pay attention to him..."
–Gandalf, the Fellowship of the Ring

Attached character gets +1

Response: Add Iârion's Pendant to the victory display to cancel the 'when revealed' effects of a card that was just revaled from the encounter deck, or to cancel a shadow effect just triggered.

"That is just what the Rangers are: the last remnant in the North of the great people."
–Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings

Permanent.

Setup: Attach to a hero. Add 2 resources to that hero's resource pool.

Action: Attached hero gets +2 +2 and +2 until the end of the phase. (Limit once per game.)

Permanent.

Setup: Attach to a hero.

Attached hero gets +1

Response: Cancel up to 2 points of damage just dealt to attached hero. (Limit once per game.)

Setup: Attach to Amarthiúl. Otherwise, remove Amarthiúl's Courage from the game.

Amarthiúl gets +1 and +1 hit point.

Action: Ready Amarthiúl. (Limit once per game.)

Attach to a hero. Restricted.

Each ally that shares a Trait with attached hero gets +1

When the kingdom ended the Dúnedain passed into the shadows and became a secret and wandering people, and their deeds and labours were seldom sung or recorded.
–The Lord of the Rings

Attach to a hero. Restricted.

Attached hero gets +1

Response: After you play Heirloom of Iârchon, heal all damage from attached character.

"Iârchon, may this pendant guide you away from the shadow that dwells within us all."
–Pendant Inscription

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

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

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.)

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

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

Response: After you commit characters to the quest, if each character you have commited to the quest is a Scout each of these characters gets +2 until the end of the phase.

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

When Extra Sails leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached Ship gets +1

When Extra Sails leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached Ship gets +1

Response: When a non-unique Ship enemy engages you, spend 1 resource and exhaust Extra Sails to reduce that enemy's Boarding value by 1.

When Black Key leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached character gets +1 , +1 , +1 .

When Black Key leaves play, remove it from the game.

Attached character gets +1 +1 +1

Response: After attached character quests successfully, place 1 resource on them.

Action: Exhaust Black Key and remove 3 resources from attached character to ready them.

Action: Choose up to X characters. X is the level of Come Together, then add it to the victory display. Until the end of the round, each of those characters...

...get +2 if you control a

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: leadership

...get +2 if you control a

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: tactics

...get +2 if you control a

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: spirit

...get a Trait of your choice and heal 2 damage from each of them if you control a

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: lore

Action: Add Command

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: spirit

• A hero gets +2 until the end of the round.

• Each character with Círdan's Blessing on it does not exhaust to commit to a quest this round.

• Place 2 progress on a non-unique location.

• Put Spyglass into play, attached to a hero.

Attach to a character.

Círdan's Blessing enters play with X resources on it. X is 1 more than the level of Círdan's Blessing

UNRECOGNIZED TYPE: spirit

Action: Exhaust Círdan's Blessing and remove 1 resource from it to give attached hero +3 until the end of the phase.

Each Dale character you control with a player attachment gets +1

Response: After you play an attachment on a Dale character without an attachment, draw a card.

"He is a strong king, and his realm now reaches south and east of Esgaroth."
–Glóin, The Fellowship of the Ring

Guardian of Esgaroth gets +1 , +1 , +1 , and +1 hit point for each different player card attachment it has. (Limit +3 to each.)

The men of the lake–town Esgaroth were mostly indoors, for the breeze was from the black East and chill, but a few were walking on the quays, and watching...
–The Hobbit

Bywater Shirriff gets +1 , +1 , and +1 while you are engaged with an enemy with engagement cost higher than your threat.

The Shirriffs was the name that the Hobbits gave to their police, or the nearest equivalent that they possessed.
–The Hobbit

Guarded (enemy).

Attach to a Hobbit hero. Restricted

Attach hero gets +1 , +1 , and +1 .

Response: After attached hero is declared as an attacker or defender against an enemy, deal 1 damage to that enemy.