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![](/Images/Cards/The-Watcher-in-the-Water/Perilous-Swamp.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
No more than 1 progress token can be placed on Perilous Swamp each round
Shadow: Remove 1 progress token from the current quest.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Watcher-in-the-Water/The-Watcher-in-the-Water.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Watcher-in-the-Water/Makeshift-Passage.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
Forced: After you travel to Makeshift Passage, place 2 progress tokens on the current quest card, bypassing any active location.
They reached the strip of dry land between the lake and the cliffs: it was narrow, often hardly a dozen yards across, and encumbered with fallen rock and stones; but they found a way, hugging the cliff, and keeping as far from the dark water as they might.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
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![](/Images/Cards/The-Watcher-in-the-Water/Stagnant-Creek.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
When Revealed: Discard the top card of the encounter deck. If the discarded card is a Tentacle enemy, add that card to the staging area and raise each player's threat by 5.
When they came to the northernmost corner of the lake they found a narrow creek that barreed their way. It was green and stagnant, thrust out like a slimy arm towards the enclosing hills.
–The Fellowship of the Ring
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Watcher-in-the-Water-Nightmare/The-Watcher-in-the-Water-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Watcher-in-the-Water-Nightmare/Banks-of-Sirannon.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Popularity 1/10 (Rank 66082)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
While Banks of Sirannon is in the staging area, each Tentacle enemy gets +2
![Shadow Effect](/Images/ShadowDivider.png)
Shadow: For each point of damage dealt by this attack, the defending player must discard a random card from his hand.
![](/Images/Encounters/The-Watcher-in-the-Water-Nightmare/The-Watcher-in-the-Water-Nightmare.png)
![](/Images/Cards/The-Watcher-in-the-Water-Nightmare/Hideous-Depths.jpg)
![Threat](/Images/threat-small.png)
![Popularity 8/10 (Rank 449678)](/Images/gold-ring.png)
Forced: After a player looks at one or more cards in the encounter deck, shuffle the encounter deck.
Travel: Reveal the topmost Tentacle enemy in the encounter discard pile to travel here.