Shadow Scar

Adventurers who are struggling under the burden of the Shadow may tap into their innermost reserves of spiritual energy to harden their determination, before it’s too late. For some, this effort takes the form of a demonstration of desperate strength; others enjoy a moment of clarity in their darkest moment, when all seems lost, and suddenly all doubts are cast away:

A Shadow Scar is a ‘permanent’ Shadow point that can be removed only during a Yule Fellowship Phase, by choosing the Heal Scars undertaking (see Chapter 7), but is otherwise considered as a normal Shadow point for all purposes.

Sam’s plain hobbit-face grew stern, almost grim, as the will hardened in him, and he felt through all his limbs a thrill, as if he was turning into some creature of stone and steel that neither despair nor weariness nor endless barren miles could subdue.