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Core Set cards for Heirs of Númenor

 A Light in the Dark  

Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: 2 Action: Choose an enemy engaged with a player. Return that enemy to the staging area.

The light of the torches and the fire flickered around them... - The Hobbit  Set: Core Number: 52Quantity: 2Illustrator: Erfian Asafat

 A Test of Will Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: 1Response: Cancel the "when revealed" effects of a card that was just revealed from the

encounter deck.

"There is naught that you can do, other than to resist with hope or without it." - Elrond, TheFellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 50Quantity: 2Illustrator: Ryan Barger

 Aragorn Type: Hero Sphere: LeadershipStarting Threat: 12Willpower: 2 Attack: 3 Defense: 2 Hit Points: 5Dunedain. Noble. Ranger. Sentinel.Response: After Aragorn commits to a quest, spend 1 resource from his resource pool toready him.

"I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by the life or death I can save you I will." - TheFellowship of the Ring. Set: Core Number: 1Quantity: 1Illustrator: John Stanko

Beorn Type: Ally Sphere: TacticsCost: 6

Willpower: 1 Attack: 3Defense: 3 Hit Points: 6Beorning. Warrior.  Action: Beorn gains +5 ATKuntil the end of the phase. Atthe end of the phase in whichyou trigger this effect, shuffleBeorn back into your deck.(Limit once per round.)

"I don't need your service,thank you... but I expect youto need mine." - The Hobbit  Set: Core Number: 31Quantity: 1Illustrator: Tiziano Baracchi

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Beorn's Hospitality Type: Event Sphere: LoreCost: 5 Action: Choose a player. Healall damage on each herocontrolled by that player.

"... and my house is open toyou, if ever you come back thisway again." - Beorn, TheHobbit  Set: Core Number: 68Quantity: 1Illustrator: David A. Nash

Beravor Type: Hero Sphere: LoreStarting Threat: 10Willpower: 2 Attack: 2Defense: 2 Hit Points: 4Dunedain. Ranger. 

 Action: Exhaust Beravor tochoose a player. That playerdraws 2 cards.

But in the wild lands beyondBree there were mysteriouswanderers. The Bree-folk calledthem Rangers, and knewnothing of their origin. - The

Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 12Quantity: 1Illustrator: Tiziano Baracchi

Blade Mastery Type: Event Sphere: TacticsCost: 1 Action: Choose a character.Until the end of the phase, thatcharacter gains +1 ATK and +1DEF.

Throwing back his cloak, he

laid his hand on the hilt of asword that had hung concealedby his side. They did not dareto move. - The Fellowship of

the Ring  Set: Core Number: 32

Quantity: 3Illustrator: Removed atIllustrators Request

Blade of Gondolin Type: Attachment Sphere: TacticsCost: 1Item. Weapon.  Attach to a hero. Restricted. Attached hero gets +1 ATKwhen attacking an Orc.Response: After attached heroattacks and destroys an enemy,

place 1 progress token on thecurrent quest.

It was rather splendid to bewearing a blade made inGondolin for the goblin-wars ofwhich so many songs hadsung... - The Hobbit  Set: Core Number: 39Quantity: 2Illustrator: David Lecossu

Brok Ironfist Type: Ally Sphere: LeadershipCost: 6Willpower: 2 Attack: 2Defense: 1 Hit Points: 4Dwarf. Warrior. Response: After a Dwarf heroyou control leaves play, putBrok Ironfist into play fromyour hand.

...there is no knowing what adwarf will not dare and do forrevenge or the recovery of hisown. - The Hobbit  Set: Core Number: 19Quantity: 1Illustrator: Even Mehl Amundsen

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Celebrian's Stone Type: Attachment Sphere: LeadershipCost: 2 Artifact. Item.  Attach to a hero. Restricted. Attached hero gains +2 Willpower.If attached hero is Aragorn, he also gains a Spirit 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 itimportant. I don't know why." - The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 27Quantity: 1Illustrator: Sara Biddle

Citadel Plate Type: AttachmentSphere: TacticsCost: 4Item. Armor.  Attach to a hero.Restricted. Attached hero gets +4 HitPoints.

"Go to the armouries of

the Citadel, and get youthere the livery and gearof the Tower." -Demathor, The Return ofthe King  Set: Core Number: 40Quantity: 2Illustrator: Fredrik DahlTyskerud

Common Cause Type: Event Sphere: LeadershipCost: 0 Action: Exhaust 1 hero you control tochoose and ready a different hero.

"We will make such a chase as shall

be accounted a marvel among theThree Kindreds: Elves, Dwarves, andMen." - Aragorn, The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 21Quantity: 2Illustrator: Tony Foti

Dark Knowledge Type: AttachmentSphere: LoreCost: 1Condition.  Attach to a hero. Attachedhero gets -1 Willpower.Response: Exhaust DarkKnowledge to look at 1shadow card that was justdealt to an enemyattacking you.

"Go on then!" said Frodo."What do you know?""Too much; too manydark things," said Stridergrimly. - The Fellowship

of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 71Quantity: 1Illustrator: Empty RoomStudios

Daughter of the Nimrodel Type: Ally Sphere: LoreCost: 3Willpower: 1 Attack: 0 Defense: 0 Hit Points: 1Silvan.  Action: Exhaust Daughter of theNimrodel to heal up to 2 damage onany 1 hero.

"Here is Nimrodel! Of this stream theSilvan Elves made many songs longago, and still we sing them in the

North... I will bathe my feet, for it issaid that the water is healing to theweary." - Legolas, The Fellowship ofthe Ring  Set: Core Number: 56Quantity: 3Illustrator: Magali Villeneuve

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Denethor Type: Hero Sphere: LoreStarting Threat: 8Willpower: 1 Attack: 1Defense: 3 Hit Points: 3

Gondor. Noble.Steward.  Action: Exhaust Denethorto look at the top card ofthe encounter deck. Youmay move that card tothe bottom of the deck.

"And the Lord Denethor is

unlike other men: he seesfar." - Beregond, TheReturn of the King  Set: Core Number: 10Quantity: 1Illustrator: Tiziano

Baracchi

Dunhere Type: Hero Sphere: SpiritStarting Threat: 8Willpower: 1 Attack: 2Defense: 1 Hit Points: 4Rohan. Warrior. Dunhere can targetenemies in the stagingarea when he attacks

alone. When doing so, hegets +1 ATK.

Captains rode to meethim at the ford, bearingmessages from Gandalf.Dunhere, chieftain of thefolk of Harrowdale, wasat their head. - TheReturn of the King  Set: Core Number: 9Quantity: 1Illustrator: JeffHimmelman

Dwarven Axe Type: AttachmentSphere: TacticsCost: 2Item. Weapon.  Attach to a hero.Restricted. Attached hero gains +1 ATK. (+2 ATK instead ifattached hero is a Dwarf.)

"But keep your bow readyto hand, and I will keep

my axe loose in my belt."- Gimli, The Two Towers  

Dwarven Tomb Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: 1 Action: Return 1 Spirit card fromyour discard pile to your hand.

The dwarves no more shalle sufferwrong.The dwarves of your made mightyspells,While hammers fell like ringing bellsIn places deep, where dark thingssleep,

In hollow halls beneath the fells. -The Hobbit  

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Set: Core Number: 41Quantity: 2Illustrator: DrewWhitmore

Set: Core Number: 53Quantity: 1Illustrator: Kaya

Eleanor 

Type: Hero Sphere: SpiritStarting Threat: 7Willpower: 1 Attack: 1 Defense: 2 Hit Points: 3Gondor. Noble. Response: Exhaust Eleanor to cancel the "when revealed"effects of a treachery card just revealed by the encounter deck.Then, discard that card, and replace it with the new card fromthe encounter deck.

"Gondor wanes, you say. But Gondor stands, and even the endof its strength is still very strong." - Boromir, The Fellowship ofthe Ring  Set: Core Number: 8Quantity: 1Illustrator: Magali Villeneuve

Eowyn Type: Hero Sphere: SpiritStarting Threat: 9Willpower: 4 Attack: 1Defense: 1 Hit Points: 3Noble. Rohan.  Action: Discard 1 cardfrom your hand to giveEowyn +1 Willpower untilthe end of the phase.This effect may be

triggered by each playeronce each round.

Slender and tall she wasin her white robe girt withsilver: but strong sheseemed and stern assteel, a daughter of kings.- The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 7Quantity: 1Illustrator: GabriellePortal

Erebor Hammersmith Type: Ally Sphere: LoreCost: 2Willpower: 1 Attack: 1Defense: 1 Hit Points: 3Dwarf. Craftsman. Response: After you playErebor Hammersmith,return the topmostattachment in any player'sdiscard pile to his hand.

"In Erebor in the Kingdomof Dain there is such

skill..." - Aragorn, TheReturn of the King  

Ever Vigilant Type: Event Sphere: LeadershipCost: 1 Action: Choose and ready 1 ally card.

"...no road looks toward safety anylonger. Be vigilant!" - Gandalf, TheReturn of the King  Set: Core Number: 20Quantity: 2Illustrator: Daarken

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Set: Core Number: 59Quantity: 2Illustrator: Empty RoomStudios

Faramir 

Type: Ally Sphere: LeadershipCost: 4Willpower: 2 Attack: 1Defense: 2 Hit Points: 3Gondor. Noble.Ranger.  Action: Exhaust Faramirto choose a player. Eachcharacter controlled bythat player gets +1Willpower until the end ofthe phase.

"He leads now in allperilous ventures. But hislife is charmed, or fatespares him for some otherend." - Mablung, Rangerof Ithilien, The TwoTowers  Set: Core Number: 14Quantity: 2Illustrator: JeffHimmelman

Feint 

Type: Event Sphere: TacticsCost: 1Combat Action: Choose an enemyengaged with a player. That enemycannot attack this phase.

 A few brave men were strung beforethem to make a feint of resistance,and many there fell before the restdrew back and fled to either side. -The Hobbit  Set: Core Number: 34Quantity: 2Illustrator: Lius Lasahido

For Gondor! Type: Event Sphere: Leadership

Cost: 2 Action: Until the end of the phase, all characters get +1 Attack. All Gondorcharacters also get +1 Defense until the end of the phase.

 And the Tree that was withered shall be renewed, and he shall plant it in the

hight places, and the City shall be blessed - The Return of the King  Set: Core Number: 22Quantity: 2Illustrator: Margaret Hardy

Forest Snare Type: Attachment Sphere: LoreCost: 3Item. Trap.  Attach to an enemy engaged with a player. Attached enemy cannot attack.

"We shall have it like a coney in a trap. Then we shall learn what kind of thingit is." - Unidentified Man of Gondor, The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 69Quantity: 2Illustrator: Alexandru Sabo

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Fortune or Fate Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: 5 Action: Choose a hero inany player's discard pile.

Put that card into play,under its owner's control.

"Yes, fortune or fate havehelped you," said Gandalf,"not to mention courage."- The Fellowship of theRing  Set: Core Number: 54Quantity: 1Illustrator: Igor Kieryluk

Gandalf  Type: Ally Sphere: 

NeutralCost: 5Willpower: 4 Attack: 4Defense: 4 Hit Points: 4Istari.  At the end of the round,discard Gandalf from play.Response: After Gandalfenters play, (choose 1):draw 3 cards, deal 4damage to 1 enemy inplay, or reduce your threatby 5.

Set: Core Number: 73Quantity: 4Illustrator: LucasGraciano

Gandalf's Map Type: Objective

Encounter Set: Escape from DolGuldurItem. Guarded. Restricted. Action: Raise your threat by 2 toclaim this objective when it is free ofencounters. When claimed, attachGandalf's Map to a hero you control.(Counts as an attachment. Ifdetached, return Gandalf's Map tothe staging area.) Attached hero cannot attack ordefend.

Set: Core Number: 108Quantity: 1Illustrator: Mike Nash

Gandalf's Search Type: Event Sphere: LoreCost: X Action: Look at the top Xcards of any player's deck,add 1 of those cards to itsowner's hand, and returnthe rest to the top of the

deck in any order.

"Less welcome did theLord Denethor show methen than of old, andgrudgingly he permittedme to search among hishoarded scrolls andbooks." - Gandalf, TheFellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 67Quantity: 2Illustrator: Mike Nash

Gimli Type: Hero Sphere: TacticsStarting Threat: 11Willpower: 2 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Hit Points: 5Dwarf. Noble. Warrior Gimili gets +1 Attack for eachdamage token on him

"Men need many words beforedeeds. My axe is restless in myhands" - The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 4Quantity: 1Illustrator: 

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Gleowine Type: Ally Sphere: LoreCost: 2Willpower: 1 Attack: 0Defense: 0 Hit Points: 2Minstrel. Rohan. 

 Action: Exhaust Gleowineto choose a player. Thatplayer draws 1 card.

Then the Riders of theKing's House upon whitehorses rode round aboutth e barrow and sangtogether a song of

Theoden Thengel's sonthat Gleowine his minstrelmade... - The Return ofthe King  Set: Core Number: 62Quantity: 2

Illustrator: Tony Foti

Gloin Type: Hero Sphere: LeadershipStarting Threat: 9Willpower: 2 Attack: 2Defense: 1 Hit Points: 4Dwarf. Noble. Response: After Gloinsuffers damage, add 1resource to his resourcepool for each point of

damage he just suffered.

His beard, very long andforked, was white, nearlyas white as the snow- white cloth of hisgarments. - The Fellowshipof the Ring  Set: Core Number: 3Quantity: 1Illustrator: Tom Garden

Glorfindel Type: Hero Sphere: LoreStarting Threat: 12Willpower: 3 Attack: 3 Defense: 1 Hit Points: 5Noble. Noldor. Warrior.  Action: Pay 1 resource fromGlorfindel's pool to heal 1 damageon any character. (Limit once perround.)

"You saw him for a moment as he isupon the other side: one of themighty of the firstborn." - Gandalf,The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 11Quantity: 1Illustrator: Katherine Dinger

Gondorian Spearman Type: Ally Sphere: Tactics

Cost: 2Willpower: 0 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Hit Points: 1Gondor. Warrior. Sentinel.Response: After Gondorian Spearman is declared as a defender, deal 1 damageto the attacking enemy.

More than a thousand were there mustered. Their spears were like a springingwood. - The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 29Quantity: 3Illustrator: Winona Nelson

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Grim Resolve Type: Event Sphere: LeadershipCost: 5 Action: Ready all charactercards in play.

"If there is only one way,then I must take it. Whatcomes after must come." -Frodo Baggins, The TwoTowers  Set: Core Number: 25Quantity: 1Illustrator: Daarken

Guard of the Citadel Type: Ally Sphere: LeadershipCost: 2

Willpower: 1 Attack: 1Defense: 0 Hit Points: 2Gondor. Warrior. 

"But the Lords of MinasTirith still fight on, defying

our enemies, keeping thepassage of the River from Argonath to the Sea." -Elrond, The Fellowship of

the Ring  Set: Core Number: 13Quantity: 3

Illustrator: Removed atIllustrators Request

Hasty Stroke Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: 1Response: Cancel a shadow effect

 just triggered during combat.

"The hasty stroke goes oft astray,"said Aragorn. "We must press orEnemy, and no longer wait uponhim for the move." - The Return ofthe King  Set: Core Number: 48Quantity: 2Illustrator: Lius Lasahido

Henamarth Riversong Type: Ally Sphere: LoreCost: 1Willpower: 1 Attack: 1Defense: 0 Hit Points: 1Silvan.  Action: Exhaust HenamarthRiversong to look at thetop card of the EncounterDeck.

"And I reckon there's Elvesand Elves. They're all elvishenough, but they're not allthe same." - Sam Gamgee,The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 60Quantity: 1Illustrator: Jen Zee

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Horn of Gondor Type: AttachmentSphere: TacticsCost: 1Item. Artifact.  Attach to a hero.

Restricted.Response: After acharacter leaves play, add1 resource to attachedhero's pool.

"Slow should you be towind that horn again,Boromir," said Elrond,

"until you stand once moreon the borders of yourland, and dire need is onyou." - The Fellowship of

the Ring  Set: Core Number: 42

Quantity: 1Illustrator: Mark Winters

Horseback Archer Type: Ally Sphere: Tactics

Cost: 3Willpower: 0 Attack: 2 Defense: 1 Hit Points: 2Rohan. Archer. Ranged.

 A few of the riders appeared to bebowmen, skilled at shooting from arunning horse. - The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 30Quantity: 2Illustrator: Loren Fetterman

Legolas Type: Hero Sphere: TacticsStarting Threat: 9Willpower: 1 Attack: 3Defense: 1 Hit Points: 4Noble. Silvan. Warrior. Ranged.Response: After Legolasparticipates in an attack

that destroys an enemy,place 2 progress tokens onthe current quest."I can walk this path, butothers have not this skill." -The Fellowship of the Ring.

Set: Core Number: 5Quantity: 1Illustrator: Magali Villeneuve

Longbeard Orc Slayer Type: Ally Sphere: 

LeadershipCost: 4Willpower: 0 Attack: 2Defense: 1 Hit Points: 3Dwarf. Warrior. Response: After LongbeardOrc Slayer enters play, deal1 damage to each Orcenemy in play.

Five dead Orcs lay there.They had been hewn withmany cruel strokes, andtwo had been beheaded.

The ground was wet withtheir dark blood. - The Two

Lore of Imladris Type: Event Sphere: Lore

Cost: 2 Action: Choose a character. Heal alldamage from that character.

"... understanding, making, andhealing... These things the Elves ofMiddle-earth have in some measuregained, though with sorrow." -Elrond, The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 63Quantity: 3Illustrator: Ryan Barger

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Towers  Set: Core Number: 18Quantity: 2Illustrator: Kaya

Lorien Guide Type: Ally Sphere: SpiritCost: 3Willpower: 1 Attack: 1Defense: 0 Hit Points: 2Silvan. Scout Response: After LórienGuide commits to a quest,place 1 progress token onthe active location.

"Indeed deep in the woodthey dwell..." - Aragorn,The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 44

Quantity: 3Illustrator: KristinaGehrmann

Lorien's Wealth Type: Event Sphere: LoreCost: 3 Action: Choose a player. Thatplayer draws 3 cards.

"That is the fairest of all thedwellings of my people. There areno trees like the trees of that land."- Legolas, The Fellowship of the

Ring  Set: Core Number: 64Quantity: 2Illustrator: Magali Villeneuve

Miner of the Iron Hills Type: Ally Sphere: LoreCost: 2Willpower: 0 Attack: 1 Defense: 1 Hit Points: 2Dwarf. Response: After Miner of the Iron Hills enters play, choose and discard 1Condition attachment from play.

...while the four dwarves sat around the table, and talked about mines andgold and troubles with the goblins... - The Hobbit  

Set: Core Number: 61Quantity: 2Illustrator: Loren Fetterman

Northern Tracker Type: Ally Sphere: SpiritCost: 4Willpower: 1 Attack: 2 Defense: 2 Hit Points: 3Dunedain. Ranger. Response: After Northern Tracker commits to a quest, place 1 progress tokenon each location in the staging area.

"What roads would any dare to tread, what safety would there be in quietlands, or in the homes of simple men at night, if the Dunedain were asleep, or

were all gone into the grave?" - Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 45Quantity: 2Illustrator: Kristina Gehrmann

Power inthe Earth Type:  AttachmentSphere: SpiritCost: 1Condition.  Attach to alocation. Attachedlocation

Protector of Lorien Type: Attachment Sphere: LoreCost: 1Title.  Attach to a hero. Action: Discard a card from your hand to giveattached hero +1 Defense or +1 Willpower until theend of the 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

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gets -1ThreatStrength.

"Power todefy our

Enemy isnot in him,unless suchpower is inthe earthitself." -Gandalf,TheFellowship

of the Ring  Set: CoreNumber: 56Quantity: 2

Illustrator: Soul Core

beware." - The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 70Quantity: 2Illustrator: Magali Villeneuve

Quick Strike Type: Event Sphere: TacticsCost: 1 Action: Exhaust a characteryou control to immediatelydeclare it as an attacker(and resolve its attack)against any eligible enemytarget.

"...for he that strikes thefirst blow, if he strikes ithard enough, may need tostrike no more." - Gandalf,The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 35Quantity: 2Illustrator: Sara Biddle

Radagast's Cunning Type: Event Sphere: LoreCost: 1Quest Action: Choose an

enemy in the staging area.Until the end of the phase,that enemy does notcontribute its ThreatStrength.

"Radagast is, of course, aworthy Wizard, a master ofshapes and changes of hue;and he has much lore ofherbs and beasts, and birdsare especially his friends." -Gandalf, The Fellowship ofthe Ring  

Set: Core Number: 65Quantity: 2

Rain of Arrows Type: Event Sphere: TacticsCost: 1 Action: Exhaust a character you

control with the ranged keyword tochoose a player. Deal 1 damage toeach enemy engaged with thatplayer.

 Arrows thick as the rain camewhistling over the battlements, andfell clinking and glancing on thestones. Many found their mark. -The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 33Quantity: 2Illustrator: Frank Walls

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Illustrator: Lucas Graciano

Secret Paths Type: Event Sphere: LoreCost: 1

Quest Action: Choose alocation in the staging area.Until the end of the phase,that location does notcontribute its ThreatStrength

...Beorn advised them totake this way; for at a placea few days' ride due north

of the Carrock was the gateof a little-known pathwaythrough Mirkwood... - TheHobbit  Set: Core Number: 66

Quantity: 2Illustrator: Empty RoomStudios

Self Preservation Type: Attachment Sphere: LoreCost: 3

Skill.  Attach to a character. Action: Exhaust Self Preservationto heal 2 points of damage fromattached character.

... how much more of this wouldthey have to endure, or could theyendure? - The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 72Quantity: 2Illustrator: Empty Room Studios

Silverlode Archer Type: Ally Sphere: LeadershipCost: 3Willpower: 1 Attack: 2Defense: 0 Hit Points: 1 Archer. Silvan. Ranged.

"We have been keepingwatch on the rivers, ever

since we saw a great troopof Orcs going north towardsMoria, along the skirts ofthe mountains, many daysago." - Haldir of Lorien, TheFellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 17Quantity: 2Illustrator: A. M. Sartor

Sneak Attack  Type: Event Sphere: LeadershipCost: 1 Action: Put 1 ally card intoplay from your hand. At theend of the phase, if that allyis still in play, return it toyour hand.

There is a seed of couragehidden (often deeply, it istrue) in the heart of thefattest and most timidhobbit, waiting for somefinal and desperate dangerto make it grow. - The

Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 23

Snowbourn Scout Type: Ally Sphere: LeadershipCost: 1Willpower: 0 Attack: 0Defense: 1 Hit Points: 1Rohan. Scout. Response: After Snowbourn Scoutenters play, choose a location.Place 1 progress token on thatlocation.

...he saw not a shadow, nor ablur, but the small figures ofhorsemen, many horsemen, andthe glint of morning on the tips oftheir spears was like the twinkle ofminute stars beyond the edge of

mortal sight. - The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 16

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Quantity: 3Illustrator: David Horne

Son of Arnor Type: Ally Sphere: Leadership

Cost: 3Willpower: 0 Attack: 2Defense: 0 Hit Points: 2Dunedain. Response: After Son of Arnor enters play, choose anenemy card in the stagingarea or currently engagedwith another player. Engagethat enemy.

...and the North-realm theymade in Arnor, and theSouth-realm in Gondor

above the mouths of Anduin. - The Fellowship ofthe Ring  Set: Core Number: 15Quantity: 2Illustrator: Ryan Barger

Stand and Fight Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: X

 Action: Choose an ally with aprinted cost of X in any player'sdiscard pile. Put that ally into playunder your control. (The chosenally can belong to any sphere ofinfluence.)

"...we will fight on." - Boromir,The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 51Quantity: 3Illustrator: Rio Sabda

Stand Together Type: Event Sphere: TacticsCost: 0 Action: Choose a player.That player may declare anynumber of his eligiblecharacters as defendersagainst each enemyattacking him this phase.

...and when the task was

done, there they wouldcome to an end, alone,houseless, foodless in themidst of a terrible desert.There could be no return. -The Return of the King  Set: Core Number: 38Quantity: 1Illustrator: Daarken

Steward of Gondor Type: Attachment Sphere: LeadershipCost: 2Gondor. Title.  Attach to a hero. Attached hero gains the GondorTrait. Action: Exhaust Steward ofGondor to add 2 resources toattached hero's resource pool.

"It was commanded yesterday." -Denethor, The Return of the King  Set: Core Number: 26Quantity: 2Illustrator: Empty Room Studios

Strength of Will Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: 0Response: After you travelto a location, exhaust aSpirit character to place 2progress tokens on thatlocaton.

Then Aragorn led the way,and such was the strengthof his will in that hour thatall the Dianedain and theirhorses followed him. - The

Return of the King  Set: Core Number: 47

Swift Strike Type: Event Sphere: TacticsCost: 2Response: After a character isdeclared as a defender, deal 2damage to the attacking enemy.

 A swift stroke she dealt, skilledand deadly. - The Return of theKing  Set: Core Number: 37Quantity: 1Illustrator: Ijur

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Thalin Type: Hero Sphere: Tactics

Starting Threat: 9Willpower: 1 Attack: 2Defense: 2 Hit Points: 4Dwarf. Warrior. While Thalin is committed toa quest, deal 1 damage toeach enemy as it is revealedby the encounter deck.

There hammer on the anvilsmote,

There chisel clove, andgraver wroge;There forged was blade, and

bound was hilt;The delver mined, themason built.-The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 6Quantity: 1Illustrator: Jen Zee

The Favour of the Lady Type: Attachment Sphere: SpiritCost: 2Condition.  Attach to a hero.

 Attached hero gains +1 Willpower.

"You are indeed high in the favour of the Lady!" - Unnamed Elf of Lorien, The Fellowship ofthe Ring  Set: Core Number: 55Quantity: 2Illustrator: Magali Villeneuve

The Galadhrim's Greeting Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: 3 Action: Reduce 1 player's threat by 6, or reduce each player's threat by 2.

"Welcome to Caras Galadhan!" he said. "Here is the city of the Galadhrim where dwell the

Lord Celeborn and Galadriel the Lady of Lorien" - The Fellowship of the Ring  Set: Core Number: 46Quantity: 2Illustrator: Magali Villeneuve

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Theodred Type: Hero Sphere: LeadershipStarting Threat: 8Willpower: 1 Attack: 2 Defense: 1 Hit Points: 4Noble. Rohan. Warrior. Response: After Théodred commits to a quest, choose a hero committed to that quest. Add

1 resource to that hero's resource pool.

"Not all is dark. Take courage, Lord of the Mark..." - Gandalf, The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 2Quantity: 1Illustrator: Jeff Himmelman

Thicket of Spears Type: Event Sphere: TacticsCost: 3 You must use resources from 3 different heroes' pools to pay for this card. Action: Choose a player. That player's engaged enemies do not attack this phase.

Without a word or cry, suddenly, the Riders halted. A thicket of spears were pointed

towards the strangers... - The Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 36Quantity: 2Illustrator: David Horne

Unexpected Courage Type: Attachment Sphere: SpiritCost: 2Condition.  Attach to a hero. Action: Exhaust Unexpected Courage to ready attached hero.

"Here am I, naughty little fly;

you are fat and lazy.

You cannot trap me, though you try,in your cobwebs crazy." - Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit  Set: Core Number: 57Quantity: 1Illustrator: Angela Sung

 Valiant Sacrifice Type: Event Sphere: LeadershipCost: 1Response: After an ally cardleaves play, that card'scontroller draws 2 cards.

"He fell defending thehobbits, while I was awayupon the hill." -Aragorn, The

Two Towers  Set: Core Number: 24Quantity: 2Illustrator: David A. Nash

 Veteran Axehand Type: Ally Sphere: TacticsCost: 2Willpower: 0 Attack: 2Defense: 1 Hit Points: 2Dwarf. Warrior. 

"I am glad to have you standingnigh with your stout legs and yourhard axe." - Legolas, The Two

Towers  Set: Core Number: 28Quantity: 3Illustrator: Loren Fetterman

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Wandering Took  Type: Ally Sphere: SpiritCost: 2Willpower: 1 Attack: 1Defense: 1 Hit Points: 2Hobbit. 

 Action: Reduce your threatby 3 to give control ofWandering Took to anotherplayer. Raise that player'sthreat by 3.

... but certainly there wasstill something not entirelyhobbit-like about them, and

once in a while members ofthe Took-clan would go andhave adventures - TheHobbit  Set: Core Number: 43Quantity: 2

Illustrator: Tony Foti

Will of the West Type: Event Sphere: SpiritCost: 1 Action: Choose a player. Shuffle that player's discard pile back into his deck.

"If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in thedays of its rising." - Legolas, The Return of the King  Set: Core Number: 49Quantity: 2Illustrator: Erfian Asafat