After you have built a tableau that satisfies your map, you may reduce the danger it represents in the Bribery phase of Activation by bribing enemies in your tableau to leave you alone.

Most enemies have a Bribe stat. To bribe them, pay that much gold from your gold tracker, flip the enemy to its nighttime side, and discard it to the Forest Deck discard pile. It leaves the active area.

Bribed enemies confer no rewards, nor have they been “defeated” for any rule that references defeat.

They have simply been removed as obstacles to your progress.

Next, proceed to Engagement’s Strategy phase.