Sanctuary

Sanctuaries from Fellowship Block represent the havens of Rivendell and Lothlorien, last magical bastions of the Elves․ Later blocks․․․didn't fit quite so well․

Sanctuary is a loaded keyword applying to all Sites in position 3 or 6 on the Adventure Path. Fellowships which stop at a sanctuary during the Regroup Phase reap the benefits by healing up to 5 Wounds at the start of their next Fellowship Phase.

All Sanctuaries printed during the Movie Block era include the Sanctuary keyword, and also use a grey template rather than the usual tan one. Beginning with the Shadows era, any site could go in any position, so the grey template was discontinued and the keyword was considered to be automatically attached to any site 3 or 6.

Rules Entries

From the Comprehensive Rules:

A sanctuary is any site 3 or site 6 on the adventure path. Sites preceding the Shadows expansion set mark this with a keyword.

At the start of your turn when your fellowship is at a sanctuary, you may heal up to 5 wounds from your companions (not allies). (See healing.)

You may choose to heal 5 different companions once, or one companion twice and another three times, or any other combination. You don’t have to heal any wounds at all – you may choose any number from zero to 5.

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List of Sites with Sanctuary

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Council Courtyard (1C337)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. When the fellowship moves from Council Courtyard, remove .
	Ford of Bruinen (1U338)	Site	Site	River. Sanctuary. The twilight cost of the first Nazgûl played at Ford of Bruinen each turn is -5.
	Frodo's Bedroom (1U339)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Play a Hobbit to draw a card.
	Rivendell Terrace (1U340)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Play a Man to draw a card.
	Rivendell Valley (1U341)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Play an Elf to draw a card.
	Rivendell Waterfall (1U342)	Site	Site	Forest. Sanctuary. While you can spot a ranger at Rivendell Waterfall, the move limit is +1 for this turn.
	Dimrill Dale (1U350)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. The twilight cost of the first Orc played each Shadow phase is -2.
	Galadriel's Glade (1C351)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Exert an Elf to look at an opponent’s hand.
	Lothlórien Woods (1U352)	Site	Site	Forest. Sanctuary. Each ally whose home is site 6 is strength +3.
	Valley of the Silverlode (2U120)	Site	Site	River. Sanctuary. When the fellowship moves to Valley of the Silverlode, each Hobbit companion may heal.
	Caras Galadhon (3U115)	Site	Site	Forest. Sanctuary. While the fellowship is at Caras Galadhon, no more than one minion may be assigned to each skirmish.
	House of Elrond (3U119)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. When the fellowship moves to House of Elrond, the Free Peoples player may spot 2 Elves to remove a burden.
	Barrows of Edoras (4U337)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Place your hand beneath your draw deck and draw 4 cards.
	Golden Hall (4U338)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. When the fellowship moves to Golden Hall, all Free Peoples weapons must be discarded.
	Stables (4U339)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Exert a Man to play a mount from your draw deck (limit once per turn).
	Streets of Edoras (4U340)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Each ally may not participate in archery fire or skirmishes at Streets of Edoras.
	Throne Room (4U341)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Play Théoden from your draw deck.
	Westemnet Plains (4U342)	Site	Site	Plains. Sanctuary. Each Man may not take wounds during the archery phase.
	Caves of Aglarond (4U352)	Site	Site	Underground. Sanctuary. Maneuver: Remove to make one of your Uruk-hai fierce until the regroup phase.
	Great Hall (4U353)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Battleground.Each ally may participate in archery fire and skirmishes at Great Hall.
	Hornburg Armory (4U354)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Play a possession to draw a card.
	Meduseld (6U117)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Exert 3 companions with the Gandalf signet to play an unbound companion from your dead pile.
	Hornburg Hall (6U118)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: Spot 3 companions with the Théoden signet and discard your hand to draw 4 cards.
	Beacon of Minas Tirith (7U338)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: If you cannot spot 3 threats, add a threat to heal a companion.
	Hall of the Kings (7U339)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: If you cannot spot 3 threats, add a threat to draw a card.
	Tower of Ecthelion (7U340)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: If you cannot spot 3 threats, add 3 threats to make the move limit for this turn +1.
	Minas Tirith Fifth Circle (7U346)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. If the fellowship moves from this site during the regroup phase, heal Gandalf three times.
	Minas Tirith First Circle (7U347)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. If the fellowship moves from this site during the regroup phase, wound each companion.
	Minas Tirith Fourth Circle (7U348)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. If the fellowship moves from this site during the regroup phase, heal each companion.
	Minas Tirith Second Circle (7U349)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. If the fellowship moves from this site during the regroup phase, heal each companion.
	Minas Tirith Seventh Circle (7U350)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. If the fellowship moves from this site during the regroup phase, heal each companion.
	Minas Tirith Sixth Circle (7U351)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. If the fellowship moves from this site during the regroup phase, heal each companion.
	Minas Tirith Third Circle (7U352)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. If the fellowship moves from this site during the regroup phase, heal each Hobbit companion.
	The Dimholt (8U117)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Underground. Fellowship: Add 3 threats to play an enduring companion from your draw deck.
	Base of Mindolluin (10U117)	Site	Site	Sanctuary. Fellowship: If you cannot spot 2 threats, add a threat to play a fortification from your draw deck.
	Rivendell Gateway (V1_59)	Site	Site	Forest. Sanctuary. Fellowship: Exert a companion to make one of another culture strength +1 until the end of the turn (limit +6).
	Lorien Throne Room (V1_61)	Site	Site	Forest. Sanctuary. Each time a companion exerts here, you may exert an ally to heal that companion. ​

List of Cards that Interact with the Sanctuary Keyword

Portrait	Card Name	Culture	Card Type	Game Text
	Denethor, Lord of Minas Tirith (10R28)	Gondor	Companion • Man	To play, spot 2 Men. Fellowship: If at a sanctuary, exert Denethor to take a card into hand from your draw deck, then reshuffle. Choose an opponent who may draw 2 cards.
	Bilbo, Of Bag End (V1_50)	Shire	Ally • Home 3 • Hobbit	To play, spot 2 companions with the Frodo signet. Fellowship: If the fellowship is at a sanctuary, exert Bilbo twice to play 2 items from your draw deck on companions.
	Dark Fury (4C7)	Dunland	Event	Skirmish: Make a Man strength +2 (or +4 if at a sanctuary).
	The Misadventure of Mr. Underhill (1R129)	Isengard	Condition	To play, exert an Uruk-hai. The twilight cost of each companion played to a site which is not a sanctuary is +2.
	You Bring Great Evil (1C283)	Sauron	Condition	To play, spot a Orc. Plays on a companion (except an Elf). While at a sanctuary, bearer cannot heal.
	Imladris (17U147)	Site	Site	River. When the fellowship moves to this site, if it is a sanctuary, remove 2 burdens.
	Rath Dínen (V0_1)	Site	Site	When sanctuary healing at this site, the Free Peoples player heals only 3 wounds instead of 5. ​

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