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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
While Winding Stairs is the active location, each enemy in the staging area gets +10 engagement cost.
Travel: Each player must exhaust a character he controls to travel here.
The stairs were high and steep and winding.
–The Return of the King
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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
When Revealed: Each player must choose: either raise your threat by 1 for each character you control, or discard the highest cost ally you control.
Shadow: Discard a non-objective attachment you control.
When Revealed: The Mouth of Sauron makes an immediate attack against you. If this attack destroys a character, raise your threat by 4.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+3 instead if it is The Mouth of Sauron).
When Revealed: Each player makes a Fortitude test. If you fail this test, deal 1 damage to each character you control. Until the end of the round, treat the printed text box of each damaged character as if it were blank (except for Traits).
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Shadow: If you failed a Fortitude test this round, this attack is considered undefended.
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Forced: After Orc of Mordor engages you, exhaust a character you control.
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.
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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).
When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls. If The Eye of Sauron is in the staging area, characters cannot be readied by player card effects this round.
Shadow: If The Eye of Sauron is in the staging area, attacking enemy gets +2 and returns to the staging area after this attack.
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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.
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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.
While Morgulduin is the active Location, it gains:
Forced: When a character commits to a quest, deal 1 damage to that character.
Shadow: If the players have not yet crossed the Anduin, return any current active location to the staging area. Morgulduin becomes the active location.
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each character in play
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to each character in play. Any player may discard a hero to cancel this effect
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
When Revealed: Deal 1 damage to each character with less than 2 (Dusk. less than 3 insread. Midnight. less than 4 instead).
When Revealed: Each player removes a character he controls from the quest and deals 2 damage to that character (3 damage instead if that character is an ally).
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending character is an ally.)
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While Barrow-wight is engaged with a player, that player's threat cannot be reduced.
Forced: After Barrow-wight attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller raises his threat by 2.
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While Cold-wight is engaged with a player, that player cannot draw cards from card effects.
Forced: After Cold-wight attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller discards a random card from his hand.
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While Dark-wight is engaged with a player, that player's heroes cannot gain resources from card effects.
Forced: After Dark-wight attacks and destroys a character, that character's controller discards all resources from each hero he controls.
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Immune to player card effects.
Forced: After Host of Angmar attacks and destroys a character, either remove 2 progress from the main quest, or return Host of Angmar to the staging area.
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Forced: After Warg of Carn D–m engages you, either remove 1 progress from the main quest, or exhaust a character you control.
Up from the dark plain below came the crying of fell voices, and the howling of many wolves
–The Fellowship of the Ring
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Forced: After Savage Werewolf attacks and destroys a character, remove 3 progress from the main quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy makes an additional attack against you after this one.
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Forced: After Mirkwood Olog-hai attacks and destroys a character, remove 1 progress from the main quest for each excess point of damage.
Shadow: Either remove 2 progress from the main quest, or return attacking enemy to the staging area.
While Dungeon Door is in the staging area, it gains: "The players cannot travel or place progress here unless they are at stage 3H. No more than 1 damage can be healed from each character each round."
"I alone of you have been in the dungeons of the Dark Lord, and only in his older and lesser dwelling..."
–Gandalf, The Fellowship of the Ring
When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls. Until the end of the round, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
While Oak-wood Grove is in the staging area, progress cannot be placed on other locations in the staging area.
Travel: Each player exhausts a character.
Cannot have attachments.
Twilight Hall gets +1 for each character controlled by the first player.
Forced: When Twilight Hall is explored, reveal 1 encounter card per player.
When Revealed: Each player deals X damage to a character he controls, where X is 1 more than the stage number of the main quest.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if the defending character has an attachment).
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Forced: After Necromancer's Warg engages you, deal 1 damage to a character you control.
Shadow: If you are engaged with an Orc enemy and a Warg enemy, discard a character you control.
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When Revealed: Each player deals 1 damage to a character he controls.
Shadow: Defending character gets -1 for each damage on it.
While The Shadow Road is in the staging area, it gains:"Forced: After a player optionally engages an enemy, he deals 1 damage to a character he controls."
Travel: Each player deals 1 damage to a character he controls.
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Forced: After Ravenous Spider attacks and destroys a character, the defending player exhausts a character he controls.
Shadow: If this attack destroys a character, exhaust a character you control.
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Forced: After Venomous Spider attacks and damages a character, that character cannot ready until the end of the round.
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
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Forced: After Dark Bats attacks and damages a character, reveal the top card of the encounter deck. Then, discard Dark Bats.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 Deal it an additional shadow card.
When Revealed: Exhaust each character with an attachment. If no character is exhausted this way, Weighed Down gains surge.
Shadow: Discard an attachment from the defending character.
X is 1 more than the stage number of the main quest.
Travel: Each player deals X damage to a character he controls.
When Revealed: Until the end of the round, treat each character's printed text box as if it were blank (except for Traits).
Shadow: Treat the defending character's text box as if it were blank until the end of the phase (except for Traits).
When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls. Until the end of the round, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.
Shadow: Defending character cannot ready until the end of the round.
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Forced: After Spiders of Mirkwood engages you, exhaust a character you control.
Shadow: Attacking enemy gets +1 (+2 instead if it has the Spider trait).
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When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls.
Shadow: Exhaust a character you control.
While Fouled Well is in the staging area, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.
Travel: Each player exhausts a character.
When Revealed: The first player must choose: either deal 1 damage to each character committed to the quest, or raise each player's threat by 1 and end the quest phase without resolving the quest.
Shadow: Deal 1 damage to the defending character.
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Immuned to player card effects.
Cannot be optionally engaged.
Forced: After Durin's Bane attacks and destroys a character you control, raise your threat by 2 and heal 2 damage from Durin's Bane.
When Revealed: Each character gets -1 until the end of the phase.
Shadow: Each character you control gets -1 and -1 until the end of the phase.
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Cannot have non-objective player card attachments.
Forced: After Old Stone-troll attachs and destroys a character you control, raise your threat by 1 for each excess point of damage dealt.
When Revealed: Each player must choose: either raise your threat by 1 for each character you control, or discard a character you control.
Shadow: Raise your threat by 1 for each enemy engaged with you.
When Revealed: Until the end of the round, treat each character's text box as if it were blank, except for Traits.
Shadow: Until the end of the phase, treat the defending character's text box as blank, except for Traits.
When Revealed: Each player exhausts a character he controls. Until the end of the round, characters cannot be readied by player card effects.
Shadow: Remove the defending character from the attack. A different defending character may be declared.