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{{SplashImage|LOTR-EN09S051.0_card.jpg|One of the 'enigma' characters whose origin is never explored.|300px|Goldberry, River-daughter (9R+51)}}
=Raceless=
'''Raceless''' cards are a curious matter of a card having no race.  All characters usually have a built-in [[Unloaded Keyword]] listthated in their type bar that represents their [[Race]], but a handful of cards prove the exception to this rule. Smeagol/Gollum are the most prominent examples, but when Reflections came around both Tom Bombadil and Goldberry shared this abnormality.  The reason for Decipher choosing to have "no race" as their race seems a bit strange, especially considering they already had a catch-all race for things you couldn't determine the race of (see [[Creature]]), though perhaps this seemed a bit too "icky" or "sinister". 


'''Raceless''' cards are a curious matter of a card having no race.  All characters usually have a built-in [[Unloaded Keyword]] listed in their type bar that represents their [[Race]], but a handful of cards prove the exception to this rule.  {{Smeagol}}/Gollum are the most prominent examples, but when Reflections came around both Tom Bombadil and Goldberry shared this abnormality.  The reason for Decipher choosing to have "no race" as their race seems a fair call; they already had a catch-all race for things you couldn't determine the race of (see [[Creature]]), but this is obviously a bit too off to use for individuals with a murky origin.
A hint is offered in the Current Rulings Document, where the unique rules on the treatment of such an unrace are outlined (as pertain to Smeagol/Gollum specifically, but by extension also apply to Tom and Goldberry).  See the [[current_rulings_document#gollum_smeagol|Current Rulings Document]], the relevant portion of which is excerpted below:


The final [[Current Rulings Document]] has a section devoted to untangling how to interact with characters of no race:
[[Category: Comprehensive Rules References That Need Fixed]]'''From the [[current_rulings_document#gollum_smeagol|Current Rulings Document]]:'''
Character cards that represent the unique aspects of Gollum or Sméagol have no race. This does not mean that these cards have “a race of no race.” When an effect tells you to count (or choose or spot) a race, Gollum/Sméagol can’t be counted (or chosen or spotted).


==Rules Entries==
''A Shadow player must spot a race for Argument Ready to Hand. Gollum doesn't have a race to be spotted.''
{{RulesQuote
|source=gollum_smeagol
|text=Character cards that represent the unique aspects of Gollum or Sméagol have no race. This does not mean that these cards have “a race of no race.” When an effect tells you to count (or choose or spot) a race, Gollum/Sméagol can’t be counted (or chosen or spotted).
 
''A Shadow player must spot a race for {{Card|Argument Ready to Hand}}. Gollum doesn't have a race to be spotted.''


Sméagol is not a companion whose race you cannot spot.
Sméagol is not a companion whose race you cannot spot.


''When {{Card|The Nine Walkers}} is in play, Sméagol does not have his cost reduced.''
''When The Nine Walkers is in play, Sméagol does not have his cost reduced.''


When an effect tells you to do something to minions of other races, that does not work on Gollum/Sméagol.
When an effect tells you to do something to minions of other races, that does not work on Gollum/Sméagol.


''{{Card|Argument Ready to Hand}} can't discard Gollum, since he is not "of all other minion races" (he is not of any minion race).''
''Argument Ready to Hand can’t discard Gollum, since he is not “of all other minion races” (he is not of any minion race).''


When an effect tells you to do something to all minions who do not belong to a particular race, that does work on Gollum/Sméagol.
When an effect tells you to do something to all minions who do not belong to a particular race, that does work on Gollum/Sméagol.


''If an effect says, "Discard all minions not of the Orc race," then Gollum is discarded.''}}
''If an effect says, “Discard all minions not of the Orc race,” then Gollum is discarded.''
 
* [[LOTR09051|{{ cards:LOTR09051.jpg |As you can see, this is not the reason the Old Forest was cut.}}]]




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