Thalion

Ally. Cost: 4. 2   2   2   3  

Dúnedain. Ranger.

While there is at least 1 side quest in the victory display, ready Thalion at the beginning of the combat phase.

While there are at least 3 side quests in the victory display, Thalion loses the ally card type, gains the hero card type and the resource icons of each sphere on a side quest in the victory display.

Aleksander Karcz

Fire in the Night #65. Neutral.

Thalion
Reviews

This is not a review per se, but rather me pointing out an easteregg: This card actually depicts Caleb Grace, the main designer for LOTR for the past 7 or so cycles. It is customary at FFG to allow employees of five years to make cameos in their products.

Source: kotaku.com

BjoernTorben 38
I’m unclear what happens to ally-only attachments when Thalion becomes a hero. — Nystrum 41
There are only a handful of such attachments in the game: Born Aloft, Defender of the West, Squire's Helm, Sword of Morthond, and Valiant Determination (I believe). So this is an edge case. While the attachment would remain in play (they say only "Attach to an ally", so once it's attached, it's in play), I'm not sure if the bonuses would still apply. For instance, Squire's Helm reads, "Attached ally gets +2 hit points." So you raise a good point -- a strict reading would suggest that the attachment remains in play, but it's effects no longer apply. — kjeld 645
+ Wild Stallion — Nystrum 41
kjeld, your analysis is sound. The way the ally cards are written, stay in play but effect lost, must have been the intent. — Nystrum 41
Loose cite taken from Silmarillion: Thalion is a word glossed as "strong, dauntless, steadfast" (Sindarin) and "hero, dauntless man" (Noldorin; pl. thelyn) — Flrbb 170

This guy is pretty good, especially if you are in multiplayer with multiple copies of Gather Information around the table. The first Gather Information fetches all others and suddenly you have an extra hero. Legacy of Númenor would benefit from this and if you're running a pipe deck then this gives you another Dúnedain Pipe target. I usually end up playing Sword-thain instead (you could run both), but Thalion has been the last card cut on several of my deck builds.

DunYoss 40