Kholinar (ko-lin-ar)

Kholinar is the capital city of the kingdom of Alethkar. It is located amidst the Kholin lands. It is one of Roshar's great cities.
The great city is built amid formations of rock like fins rising from the stone. Noted for its symmetrical shape, the city's enormous fins are known as windblades and are unmistakable even from afar. They are enormous, curving spines of rock that cut through the city.
Kholinar existed during the Heraldic Epochs. It was the capital of Alethkar during King Nohadon's rule. The city suffered several Desolations and has been rebuilt many times since its foundation. It is also the place where Talenel, Herald of the Almighty, announced that the Desolations had come.
Kholinar was never sacked. It was one of the few eastern cities on Roshar that didn't suffer the fate other cities did in the chaos after the Hierocracy's fall. The palace had burned once, but that fire died out after consuming the eastern wing. It was called Rener's miracle: the arrival of a High Storm to put out a fire three hundred years prior.
In recent history, it became the Alethi capital city of Alethkar, after Gavilar and Dalinar had reunited Alethkar's warring High Princes into a single Alethi Kingdom. Following the assassination of King Gavilar and the war that ensued, his son and eventual king, Elhokar , effectively relocated the center of power from Kholinar to the Shattered Plains.

Owning Organization

Alethkar