•Brand, Leader of the Bardings
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
While you can spot a knight, Brand is a knight.
While you can spot a archer, Brand is an archer.
Each other archer and knight is strength +1.
“‘He is a strong king, and his realm now reaches far south and east of Esgaroth.’”

•Hugin, Consel of the Lakemen
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 7
To play, spot a Man or Wizard.
Each time a Free Peoples card (except characters) is about to be discarded, you may exert Hugin twice (or once if that card is a card) to place that card beneath your draw deck instead.
A former warrior and official counselor to the Master of Laketown, he had become one of his lands’ most respected emissaries.

•Riduan, Man of Dale
Ally • Home 3 [FotR] & 8 [LA] • Man
Strength: 2
Vitality: 3
To play, spot Gandalf or a Man.
Maneuver: Exert Riduan and discard a card from hand to draw a card. If you draw a card of the same culture as the card you discarded, you may heal a character of that culture.
“‘Nowhere are there any men so friendly to us as the Men of Dale. They are good folk, the Bardings.’”

Surpassed the Old Days
Condition • Support Area
To play, spot a Man (or exert a Dwarf). Plays on a river or dwelling. Limit 1 per site.
This site’s Shadow number is -1.
When the fellowship moves from this site, you may heal up to two Men or Dwarves.
“‘You should see the waterways of Dale, Frodo, and the fountains, and the pools! You should see the stone-paved roads of many colours!’”

•Brand, Heir of Bard
Companion • Man
Strength: 6
Vitality: 3
Resistance: 6
Knight. While you can spot a Man companion, Brand’s twilight cost is -1.
Brand is strength +1 for each other Man companion you can spot (limit +3).
Each time Brand wins a skirmish, you may exert him to heal a Man or unique Dwarf.
“‘...Sauron could have done terrible harm in the North...if King Brand and King Dain had not stood in his path.’”