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{{Location disambiguation 2|disambigdesc=the [[mission]]s|disambigarticle=Consulate Docks|disambigarticle2=Pogahn Passage}}
{{Location infobox
| image = [[File:Nightfall screenshot 15.jpg|200px]]
| campaign = Nightfall
| region = Kourna
| type = Explorable area
| exits = [[Pogahn Passage (outpost)|Pogahn Passage]]
| collector = y
| pic1 = [[Image:Gandara, the Moon Fortress map.jpg|196px|link=Gandara, the Moon Fortress/Map]]
| pic1-text = Interactive map [[/Maps|Non-interactive maps]]
| pic2 = [[File:Gandara, the Moon Fortress view.jpg|200px]]
| pic2-text = A view of the fortress
| pic3 = [[File:"Crescent Island" concept art.jpg|200px]]
| pic3-text = Concept art by [[Daniel Dociu]]
| pic4 = [[File:Gandara, the Moon Fortress prison.jpg|200px]]
| pic4-text = The Gandaran prison
| ingame name=Gandara, the Moon Fortress
| game link type 0=explorable
| game link num 0=381
}}
[[Gandara, the Moon Fortress]], dominates the south coast of [[Kourna]], surrounded by the Elon river. In this [[explorable area]], characters cannot actually enter the fortress proper. Only the outskirts of the fortress are accessible. To enter the fortress, characters will need to start the [[Pogahn Passage]] mission.

==Getting there==
The only way to get here is via the [[Pogahn Passage (outpost)|Pogahn Passage outpost]]. The latter part of the [[primary quest]] [[No Me, No Kormir]] will point characters a short distance into this area.

==Shrines==
;[[Resurrection shrine]]s with [[bounty|bounties]]:
*[[Wandering Priest]] → [[Heket Hunt]]
**Halfway between exit into [[Pogahn Passage (outpost)|Pogahn Passage]] and the northwestern corner.
**Northwestern corner.
*[[Wandering Priest]] → [[Skale Hunt]]
**At exit into Pogahn Passage.
**Northeastern corner.

;Resurrection shrines with a [[statue]]:
*[[Avatar of Dwayna (NPC)|Avatar of Dwayna]]
**At exit into Pogahn Passage.
*[[Champion of Balthazar]]
**Northeastern corner.
*[[Lyssa's Muse]]
**Northwestern corner.
*[[Melandru's Watcher]]
**Halfway between exit into Pogahn Passage and the northwestern corner.

==Quests available==
*[[Nerashi]]
**[[A Thorn in Varesh's Side]]

==NPCs==
===Allies===
*{{r}} 20 [[Nerashi]] (towards the northwest, until completion of the quest [[A Thorn in Varesh's Side]])
*{{x}} 10 [[Helenah]] ([[collector]] for 5 [[Kournan Pendant]]s)

===Foes===
[[Heket]]s
*{{w}} 21 (26) [[Stoneaxe Heket]]
*{{r}} 21 (26) [[Beast Sworn Heket]]
*{{mo}} 21 (26) [[Blue Tongue Heket]]
*{{n}} 21 (26) [[Blood Cowl Heket]]

[[Human]]s ([[Kournan military]])
*{{r}} 20 (26) [[Kournan Spotter]]
*{{p}} 24 (26) [[Kournan Field Commander]]

[[Skale]]
*{{w}} 20 (26) [[Ridgeback Kuskale]]
*{{n}} 21 (26) [[Kuskale Blighter]]
*{{e}} 21 (26) [[Frigid Kuskale]]
*{{d}} 20 (26) [[Kuskale Lasher]]

== Notes ==
* You cannot enter the main fortress from Gandara.
* Despite the presence of [[Kournan military]], the [[Kournan Bounty]] is not available here.
* These quests affect the spawns in this area:
** [[A Thorn in Varesh's Side]]
** [[No Me, No Kormir]]
* Complete exploration of this area (including the fortress) contributes approximately 2.9% to the Elonian [[Cartographer]] title track.
** You can map the full 2.9% during [[Pogahn Passage]] without dealing with any foes.
** Slightly less than half can be mapped without entering the mission.
*{{Vanquisher|count = 94|low = 64|high = 124}}
** Around 50 additional foes will be present until you complete [[A Thorn in Varesh's Side]] (whether or not you have accepted the quest).
** After vanquishing the area, you can take and complete Nerashi's quest without having to kill additional targets.
{{bug|Occasionally foes will spawn behind the western fortress gate, beyond the reach of melee and projectile attacks.}}

== Trivia ==
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* The ancient kingdom of [[w:Gandhara|Gandhara]] (which lasted from the sixth century BCE to the eleventh century CE) was located in what is now northern Pakistan.

{{Explorable areas in Kourna}}

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