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Ring-bound

Only companions can be Ring-bound (not allies or minions).

All versions of Frodo and Sam are Ring-bound.

Ring-bound Characters

Gollum (Free Peoples)


#	Card	Type	Game Text
0P18	Smeagol, Old Noser (P)	Companion	Ring-bound. To play add a burden. Regroup: Exert Smeagol (or Gollum) twice to reveal the top 4 cards of your draw deck. Wound a minion for each Shadow card revealed. Place those 4 cards beneath your draw deck in any order.
5C28	Smeagol, Old Noser	Companion	Ring-bound. To play add a burden. Regroup: Exert Smeagol (or Gollum) twice to reveal the top 4 cards of your draw deck. Wound a minion for each Shadow card revealed. Place those 4 cards beneath your draw deck in any order.
5R29	Smeagol, Slinker	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: Add a burden to make Smeagol strength +2 and take no wounds.
5R29T	Smeagol, Slinker (T)	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: Add a burden to make Smeagol strength +2 and take no wounds.
6C45	Smeagol, Poor Creature	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: Discard a card from hand to make Smeagol strength +1.
7R71	Smeagol, Always Helps	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Assignment: Assign a minion to Smeagol and add 2 threats to exhaust that minion.
7C72	Smeagol, Hurried Guide	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: If you have initiative, discard 2 cards from your hand. Smeagol cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled.
8R27	Smeagol, Slippery Sneak	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Skirmish: Add threats equal to the total vitality of the minions Smeagol is skirmishing to discard Smeagol. Regroup: Discard Smeagol to take a minion from your discard pile into hand.
9R+30	Smeagol, Bearer of Great Secrets	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each time the fellowship moves, place an unbound companion in the dead pile. Regroup: If Smeagol is the Ring-bearer, add 2 burdens to discard each minion.
11R51	Smeagol, Scout and Guide	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each time Smeagol wins a skirmish, you may play the fellowship's next site. Skirmish: If Smeagol is at a marsh, exert him to cancel a skirmish involving him.
11RF6RF	Smeagol, Scout and Guide (F)	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each time Smeagol wins a skirmish, you may play the fellowship's next site. Skirmish: If Smeagol is at a marsh, exert him to cancel a skirmish involving him.
13U55	Smeagol, Simple Stoor	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. For each card titled Deagol in your discard pile, Smeagol is strength +2 and resistance -1. Each time Smeagol wins a skirmish, you may take a card from your draw deck and place it in your discard pile.
15R49	Smeagol, Wretched and Hungry	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each Ring-bound companion is resistance +1. Skirmish: Exert 2 Ring-bound Hobbits to make Smeagol strength +1 and prevent him from being overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled.
15RF8RF	Smeagol, Wretched and Hungry (F)	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each Ring-bound companion is resistance +1. Skirmish: Exert 2 Ring-bound Hobbits to make Smeagol strength +1 and prevent him from being overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled.
19P11	Smeagol, Pitiable Guide	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each time Smeagol wins a skirmish, you may shuffle up to 2 cards from your discard pile into your draw deck. Skirmish: Exert a Ring-bound companion to make Smeagol strength +2.

Gondor

#	Card	Type	Game Text
0P16	Faramir, Son of Denethor (P)	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. An opponent may not play skirmish events or use skirmish special abilities during skirmishes involving Faramir.
0P35	Faramir, Captain of Gondor (P)	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. The twilight cost of each other Man in your starting fellowship is -1. While skirmishing a roaming minion, Faramir is strength +2.
0P65	Boromir, Steward's Heir (P)	Companion • Man	Knight. Ranger. Ring-bound.
4U114	Damrod, Ranger of Ithilien	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. To play, spot a Ring-bound Man. Skirmish: Exert Damrod to exhaust a Man he is skirmishing.
4R116	Faramir, Captain of Gondor	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. The twilight cost of each other Man in your starting fellowship is -1. While skirmishing a roaming minion, Faramir is strength +2.
4C117	Faramir, Son of Denethor	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. An opponent may not play skirmish events or use skirmish special abilities during skirmishes involving Faramir.
4C122	Gondorian Ranger	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. The site number of each minion assigned to skirmish a Ring-bound Man is +2.
4U127	Mablung, Soldier of Gondor	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. To play, spot a Ring-bound Man. Skirmish: Exert Mablung to exhaust a roaming minion he is skirmishing.
4C130	Ranger of Ithilien	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. When this companion is in your starting fellowship, his twilight cost is -1. While skirmishing a roaming minion, this companion is strength +2.
6C48	Anborn, Skilled Huntsman	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. Each time Anborn wins a skirmish, you may make a minion's site number +3 until the regroup phase.
6P121	Faramir, Ithilien Ranger	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. If Faramir is in your starting fellowship, his twilight cost is -1. Fellowship: Play a ranger to heal a Ring-bound companion.

Shire

#	Card	Type	Game Text
0P78	Sam, Steadfast Friend (P)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Each other companion is resistance +1.
0D8D	Bilbo, Aged Ring-bearer (D)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While Bilbo is not assigned to a skirmish, each Ring-bound Hobbit is strength +1. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may remove a burden for each other Ring-bound Hobbit you can spot.
2C102T	Frodo, Reluctant Adventurer (T)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Ring-bearer. The cost of each artifact, possession, and tale played on Frodo is -1.
4R315	Sam, Frodo's Gardener	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Fellowship: Play Sam's Pack from your draw deck. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
4C316	Sam, Samwise the Brave	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Response: If a Shadow card is about to add any number of burdens, spot Frodo and exert Sam to prevent this. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
5U115	Sam, Nice Sensible Hobbit	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While you can spot Frodo and Smeagol, Sam may not be overwhelmed unless is strength is tripled. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
7C317	Frodo, Hope of Free Peoples	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Ring-bound. Each time the fellowship moves, you may add (3) to remove a threat.
7R318	Frodo, Wicked Masster!	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Ring-bound. Skirmish: At sites 6K to 8K, add 4 burdens to wound a minion skirmishing Frodo.
7C326	Sam, Needer of Vittles	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Fellowship: Play a Hobbit companion to remove a burden. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
7R327	Sam, Resolute Halfling	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Fellowship: If you have initiative, discard a card from hand to heal Sam. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
9R+49	Bilbo, Bearer of Things Burgled	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Each time the fellowship moves, if the twilight pool has 2 or fewer twilight tokens, add 2 burdens or add (3). Regroup: Add a burden to play a tale.
10P122	Sam, Great Elf Warrior	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Sam is strength +1 for each companion you can spot. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
10P122T	Sam, Great Elf Warrior (T)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Sam is strength +1 for each companion you can spot. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer (resistance 5).
11S164	Frodo, Protected by Many	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. At the start of the regroup phase, you may exert Frodo to make him gain muster until the end of the regroup phase. (At the start of the regroup phase, you may discard a card from hand to draw a card.)
11U172	Sam, Steadfast Friend	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Each other companion is resistance +1.
12R119	Bilbo, Melancholy Hobbit	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may exert him to take a skirmish event into hand from your discard pile.
12RF12RF	Bilbo, Melancholy Hobbit (F)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may exert him to take a skirmish event into hand from your discard pile.
13R142	Bilbo, Aged Ring-bearer	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While Bilbo is not assigned to a skirmish, each Ring-bound Hobbit is strength +1. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may remove a burden for each other Ring-bound Hobbit you can spot.
13R149	Frodo, Frenzied Fighter	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While you can spot more minions than companions, Frodo cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Skirmish: If Frodo is not assigned to a skirmish, exert Frodo to have him replace a Ring-bound companion skirmishing a minion.
13R156	Sam, Bearer of Great Need	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Sam is resistance +1 for each Hobbit you can spot. Regroup: Exert Sam and transfer a follower he is bearing to your support area to discard a minion from play.
13R156T	Sam, Bearer of Great Need (T)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Sam is resistance +1 for each Hobbit you can spot. Regroup: Exert Sam and transfer a follower her is bearing to your support area to discard a minion from play.
13RF15RF	Frodo, Frenzied Fighter (F)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While you can spot more minions than companions, Frodo cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Skirmish: If Frodo is not assigned to a skirmish, exert Frodo to have him replace a Ring-bound companion skirmishing a minion.
13RF16RF	Sam, Bearer of Great Need (F)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. Sam is resistance +1 for each Hobbit you can spot. Regroup: Exert Sam and transfer a follower he is bearing to your support area to discard a minion from play.
15C144	Frodo, Weary From the Journey	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. While skirmishing a minion of strength 8 or less, Frodo is strength +2.
15U153	Sam, Innocent Traveler	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While Sam bears the One Ring, he is resistance -4. Maneuver: If Sam is bearing a follower, exert him to heal another Hobbit. Response: If Frodo is killed, make Sam the Ring-bearer.
19P28	Frodo, Little Master	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship. Ring-bearer. Ring-bound. While you cannot spot 4 threats, Shadow cards cannot discard cards from your hand or from the top of your draw deck.
19P32	Sam, Loyal Friend	Companion • Hobbit	Fellowship. Ring-bound. While Sam bears The One Ring, he is resistance -4. While you can spot 3 companions, Sam is strength +2. Response: If Frodo dies, make Sam the Ring-bearer.

Abilities Which Target Ring-bound Characters

Gollum (Free Peoples)


#	Card	Type	Game Text
13U53	Naked Waste	Event • Skirmish	You may remove from the game 4 other cards in your discard pile to play this event from your discard pile. Then remove this event from the game. Spot Smeagol to make a Ring-bound companion strength +3.
15U39	Called to Mordor	Condition	Bearer must be Smeagol. While you can spot 2 Ring-bound Hobbits, each time an opponent uses a skirmish special ability in a skirmish involving Gollum or Smeagol, you may wound a minion.
15R40	Connected by Fate	Condition • Support Area	To play, spot Smeagol. While you can spot 2 Ring-bound Hobbits, each Shadow event is twilight cost +1. Skirmish: Discard this condition to make each Ring-bound companion strength +1 until the regroup phase.
15C45	Hurry Hobbitses	Event • Skirmish	Make Smeagol strength +1 for each Ring-bound Hobbit you can spot.
15C46	Nice Fish	Condition • Support Area	Each time Smeagol wins a skirmish, place a token here. Regroup: Heal a Ring-bound companion for each token here. Discard this condition.
15C48	Release Them	Event • Skirmish	Spot Smeagol to prevent a Ring-bound Hobbit from being overwhelmed unless his or her strength is tripled. While this card is in your discard pile, Smeagol is resistance +1.
15R49	Smeagol, Wretched and Hungry	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each Ring-bound companion is resistance +1. Skirmish: Exert 2 Ring-bound Hobbits to make Smeagol strength +1 and prevent him from being overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled.
15RF8RF	Smeagol, Wretched and Hungry (F)	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each Ring-bound companion is resistance +1. Skirmish: Exert 2 Ring-bound Hobbits to make Smeagol strength +1 and prevent him from being overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled.
19P11	Smeagol, Pitiable Guide	Companion	Ring-bound. To play, add a burden. Each time Smeagol wins a skirmish, you may shuffle up to 2 cards from your discard pile into your draw deck. Skirmish: Exert a Ring-bound companion to make Smeagol strength +2.

Gollum (Shadow)

#	Card	Type	Game Text
13R44	Chasm's Edge	Condition • Support Area	Gollum is strength +1 for each Ring-bound companion you can spot.
18U30	Enemy in Your Midst	Event • Shadow	Heal a Ring-bound companion to reinforce a token.

Gondor

#	Card	Type	Game Text
4U110	Arrows Thick in the Air	Event	Archery or Skirmish: Exert 2 Ring-bound Men to wound each roaming minion.
4C113	Curse Them	Event	Skirmish: Exert a Ring-bound Man to cancel a skirmish involving a roaming minion.
4U114	Damrod, Ranger of Ithilien	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. To play, spot a Ring-bound Man. Skirmish: Exert Damrod to exhaust a Man he is skirmishing.
4R119	Faramir's Cloak	Possession • Cloak	Bearer must be Faramir. Each roaming minion skirmishing a Ring-bound Man is strength -1.
4R120	Forbidden Pool	Condition	Plays to your support area. While the fellowship is at site 6T, each Ring-bound Man takes no more than 1 wound during each skirmish phase. Fellowship: Add (2) and discard this condition to heal a Ring-bound Man.
4R121	Forests of Ithilien	Condition	Plays to your support area. While the fellowship is at site 5T, the site number of each Man in a skirmish is +2. Regroup: Discard this condition and exert a Ring-bound Man to liberate a site.
4C122	Gondorian Ranger	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. The site number of each minion assigned to skirmish a Ring-bound Man is +2.
4R125	Henneth Annun	Condition	Plays to your support area. While the fellowship is at site 6T, each roaming minion skirmishing a Ring-bound companion is strength -2. Skirmish: Spot a Man and discard this condition to wound a roaming minion.
4U127	Mablung, Soldier of Gondor	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. To play, spot a Ring-bound Man. Skirmish: Exert Mablung to exhaust a roaming minion he is skirmishing.
4C128	New Errand	Event	Skirmish: Spot a Ring-bound Man to make a minion's site number +2. If that minion loses this skirmish, you may wound a minion.
4C131	Ranger's Bow	Possession • Ranged Weapon	Bearer must be Ring-bound Man. Skirmish: If bearer is skirmishing a Man or a roaming minion, exert bearer to wound that minion.
4R133	Ruins of Osgiliath	Condition	Plays to your support area. While the fellowship is at site 7T, each Ring-bound Man is defender +1. Skirmish: Spot a Ringbound Man and discard this condition to wound an opponent's Man.
6P121	Faramir, Ithilien Ranger	Companion • Man	Ring-bound. Ranger. If Faramir is in your starting fellowship, his twilight cost is -1. Fellowship: Play a ranger to heal a Ring-bound companion.

Orc

#	Card	Type	Game Text
13R112	Orc Crusher	Minion • Orc	To play, spot an Orc. This minion is twilight cost -1 for each burden. Each time a Ring-bound companion loses a skirmish involving an minion, you may reveal this card from hand to add a burden.
13R112T	Orc Crusher (T)	Minion • Orc	To play, spot an Orc. This minion is twilight cost -1 for each burden. Each time a Ring-bound companion loses a skirmish involving an minion, you may reveal this card from hand to add a burden.
13RF11RF	Orc Crusher (F)	Minion • Orc	To play, spot an Orc. This minion is twilight cost -1 for each burden. Each time a Ring-bound companion loses a skirmish involving an minion, you may reveal this card from hand to add a burden.

Raider

#	Card	Type	Game Text
4R231	Eastern Emyn Muil	Condition	Plays to your support area. Each Ring-bound companion moving from site 2T must exert twice. Maneuver: Discard this condition and exert a Man to exert a Ringbound companion.
4C235	Gathering to the Summons	Event	Skirmish: Spot a Man skirmishing a Ring-bound companion to add a burden.
4U236	Howl of Harad	Condition	Plays to your support area. Each time a companion or ally loses a skirmish involving a Southron, you may remove (4) to make the Free Peoples Player wound a Ring-bound companion.
4R246	Southron Assassin	Minion • Man	Southron. Each time a companion or ally loses a skirmish involving a Southron, you may remove (1) to make the Free Peoples player wound a Ring-bound companion.
8U60	Haradrim Marksman	Minion • Man	Southron. Archer. While you can spot another Man, Ring-bound companions cannot take archery wounds.

Sauron

#	Card	Type	Game Text
5R95	Dead Marshes	Condition	Plays to your support area. While the fellowship is at site 4T, Ring-bound companions skirmishing orcs are strength -1. Maneuver: Spot 2 Orcs to play up to 2 conditions from your discard pile. Discard this condition.
5R96	Eye of Barad-Dur	Event	Skirmish: Make a companion or ally skirmishing a Orc strength -1 for each ring-bound companion. Response: If a free people player reveals this card from your hand, discard this card to add 2 burdens.
10C79	Barren Land	Condition • Support Area	To play, spot a minion. Each time the fellowship moves to any site 8 or 9, exert each Ring-bound companion. Shadow: Discard this condition to play a minion. Its twilight cost is -2.

Shire

#	Card	Type	Game Text
0P94	Mithril-coat, Dwarf-mail (P)	Artifact • Armor	Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit. Each minion skirmishing bearer loses all damage bonuses. Skirmish: Exert bearer to make each minion he is skirmishing lose fierce and unable to gain fierce until the regroup phase.
0D8D	Bilbo, Aged Ring-bearer (D)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While Bilbo is not assigned to a skirmish, each Ring-bound Hobbit is strength +1. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may remove a burden for each other Ring-bound Hobbit you can spot.
4C298	Brace of Coneys	Possession	Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit. Fellowship: Discard this possession to remove a burden.
4C302	Frodo, Tired Traveller	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bearer (resistance 10). Fellowship: Play a Ring-bound companion to remove a burden.
4U309	Light Shining Faintly	Event	Fellowship: Add a burden to heal a Ring-bound companion twice.
4R317	Sam's Pack	Possession	Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit. At the start of each turn, you may add (2) to heal a Ring-bound companion.
5C117	You Must Help Us	Event	Fellowship: Play Smeagol from your discard pile to heal each Ring-bound Hobbit twice.
8U110	Morgai Foothills	Condition • Support Area	When the fellowship moves from site 4K, remove (1) for each Ring-bound companion you spot. Regroup: Discard a card from hand for each Ring-bound companion you spot. Discard this condition.
13R142	Bilbo, Aged Ring-bearer	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While Bilbo is not assigned to a skirmish, each Ring-bound Hobbit is strength +1. At the start of each skirmish involving Bilbo, you may remove a burden for each other Ring-bound Hobbit you can spot.
13R143	Bill the Pony, Dearly-loved	Possession • Mount	Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit. When you play Bill the Pony, you may reinforce a token. Regroup: Spot 2 minions and remove 2 tokens to make a Shadow player discard a minion from play.
13R149	Frodo, Frenzied Fighter	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While you can spot more minions than companions, Frodo cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Skirmish: If Frodo is not assigned to a skirmish, exert Frodo to have him replace a Ring-bound companion skirmishing a minion.
13U150	Frodo Gamgee, Son of Samwise	Follower	Aid - Add 2 burdens. (At the start of the maneuver phase, you may add 2 burdens to transfer this to a companion.) To play, spot a Ring-bound Hobbit. Bearer is strength +1 for each Ring-bound Hobbit you can spot.
13R153	Mithril-coat, Dwarf-mail	Artifact • Armor	Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit. Each minion skirmishing bearer loses all damage bonuses. Skirmish: Exert bearer to make each minion he is skirmishing lose fierce and unable to gain fierce until the regroup phase.
13R155	Phial of Galadriel, The Light of Earendil	Artifact • Phial	Bearer must be a Ring-bound Hobbit. While bearer is in region 1, bearer gains muster. While bearer is in region 2, each of your companions gains muster. While bearer is in region 3, each character gains muster.
13RF15RF	Frodo, Frenzied Fighter (F)	Companion • Hobbit	Ring-bound. While you can spot more minions than companions, Frodo cannot be overwhelmed unless his strength is tripled. Skirmish: If Frodo is not assigned to a skirmish, exert Frodo to have him replace a Ring-bound companion skirmishing a minion.

Wraith

#	Card	Type	Game Text
6U87	Ulaire Nertea, Winged Hunter	Minion • Nazgul	When you play Ulaire Nertea, spot another Nazgul to make the Free Peoples player exert a Ring-bound companion for each Free Peoples culture you can spot over 2.
7U216	Ulaire Nelya, Black-Mantled Wraith	Minion • Nazgul	Fierce. Regroup: If you have initiative, discard Ulaire Nelya to exert each Ring-bound companion.
7U218	Ulaire Otsea, Black-Mantled Wraith	Minion • Nazgul	Regroup: If you have initiative, discard Ulaire Otsea to make the Free Peoples player exert a Ring-bound companion twice or return and unbound companion to his or her hand.

Site

#	Card	Type	Game Text
4U329	Western Emyn Muil	Site	When the Fellowship moves from Western Emyn Muil, each Ring-bound companion must exert.

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