ok, we have to get going, so join in the next round Ingold. here are all the Arkenstones i recived:

First up AP

• The Arkenstone, Jewel of the Lonely Mountain
Artifact
Bearer must be a companion or Bilbo.
Each time bearer wins a skirmish, you may draw a card.
Maneuver: Exert bearer and add a threat to reveal a card at random from a Shadow player’s hand; if it a Shadow card, place X wounds on minions, where X is the twilight cost of the revealed card.

Dwarves and threats...nice. Could be pretty nasty...especially if you reveal Sauron
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NBarden

•The Arkenstone, Precious Gem
Artifact • Support Area
Each dwarf is resistance -1 and damage +1.
Response: If a dwarf wins a skirmish, add X tokens here where X is the dwarves damage bonus minus the losing minion’s vitality.
Skirmish: Remove two tokens from here and spot a possession borne by a minion to make a dwarf skirmishing that minion damage +X, where X is the twilight cost of that possession.
Regroup: Remove a token from here and exert a dwarf to wound a minion (or two minions if you have initiative), or discard a shadow possession or condition.
00R12

Obviously the best card here....
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SoP

•The Arkenstone, Heart of the Mountain
Artifact • Support Area
To play spot 2 dwarves. Each time a threat is added, add a token here.
Regroup: Remove a token from here to heal a dwarf. Then either remove another token from here or discard this condition.
The Arkenstone had been fashioned by the dwarves into a thing of great beauty
Sheesh. Kinda....worthless. I mean, Dwarves don’t really have threat adding mechanisms...
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Shield Elf

•The Arkenstone
Artifact
To play, spot a companion.
All companions are strength +1 and Damage +1.
The Arkenstone was the prize of the dwarves.
Nice! Although may have been better, think Lord of Moria...
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Dain

•The Arkenstone, Heirloom of Durin’s Folk
Artifact • Support Area
To play, spot 3 cards (or a artifact).
When you play The Arkenstone, you may place a token here for each of these races you can spot in the fellowship: Dwarf, Hobbit, Elf, Man, Wizard.
Regroup: Remove 2 tokens from here (or remove one token and discard a artifact) to remove a burden or a threat.
“‘It was like a globe with a thousand facets; it shone like silver in the firelight, like water in the sun, like snow under the stars, like rain upon the Moon!’”

Um....kinda....bleah. Sorry Dain, you make good cards...but again, kinda, underpowered for the Arkenstone...
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•The Arkenstone, Brilliant Gem
Artifact
Vitality: +1
Plays on Thorin or Bilbo.
If bearer is Thorin, each dwarf is Strength +1.
Maneuver:If bearer is Bilbo, discard this artifact to discard a minion from play.

Designer’s Notes: in The Hobbit, Thorin Oakenshield wanted to find the Arkenstone out of all of Smaug’s Treasure. But Bilbo found it first, and hid it.

Nice...but maybe you should make it more general...
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macheteman

•The Arkenstone
Artifact • Stone
To play exert a Dwarf.
Bearer must be a companion.
If bearer is the Ring-Bearer, at the start of each skirmish involving him you may remove a burden or a threat.
If bearer is not the Ring-Bearer, each time a possession a possession is played on a Dwarf, you may add a threat to heal that dwarf.

Very nice.
Remember, don’t vote for your own, and vote for your three favorite in order.