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⚫ | '''Kholinar''' is the capital city of the [[Kholin princedom]] in [[Alethkar]], [[Roshar]].{{book ref|twok|60}} It was symmetrical in shape, built around enormous stone formations, known as ''the windblades'',{{book ref|twok|60}} because they rose like enormous fins into the air, which were unmistakable even from afar. |
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+ | Through the ages, the city was rebuilt several times. It was the home of King [[Nohadon]] through one of the [[Desolation]]s.{{book ref|twok|60}} It has become the [[Alethi]] capital city of [[Alethkar]], after [[Gavilar Kholin]] and [[Dalinar Kholin]] reunited Alethkar's warring Highprinces into a single Alethi Kingdom. |
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== Geography == |
== Geography == |
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== History == |
== History == |
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⚫ | Near the end of the [[War of Reckoning]], [[Aesudan]]'s negligence and [[Pai]]'s accusations caused the city to erupt in riots. The [[Kholinar Wall Guard]] manages to restore order to the city and exiles all parshman from the city before the first everstorm arrives. Soon after the arrival of the everstorm, the Fused gather the transformed parshmen to Siege Kholinar. |
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− | Kholinar is one of the [[Dawncities]], the most ancient sites on all of Roshar. As the [[Silver Kingdom|Silver Kingdoms]] emerged Kholinar became [[Alethela]]’s capital and an [[Oathgate|Fabrial]] was built in the city. It was the home of King [[Nohadon]] during one of the [[Desolation]]s.{{book ref|twok|60}} Through the ages, it was rebuilt several times. |
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+ | During the siege, [[Kaladin]], [[Shallan]], and [[Adolin]] travel to Kholinar with King [[Elhokar]] in an attempt to free the city from whatever dark forces seem to be affecting it. They discover a dark cloud over the palace, and witness attacks made by the [[Fused]] before entering the city. A Fused attack on the wall is actually what allows them to enter the city, distracting the guards enough for them to push through. The city has fragmented into several factions. Queen [[Aesudan]] and the Palace guard control the palace, the [[Cult of Moments]] control the Oathgate platform, the [[Kholinar Wall Guard]] holds the wall and distributes food, and the rest of the city is split between various lighteye houses. |
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− | === Age of Solitude === |
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+ | There were three unmade present in the city during the siege. [[Sja-anat]] corrupted a large portion of local spren into twisted versions of themselves, including the spren of the [[Oathgate]]. [[Ashertmarn]], the Heart of the Revel, drove many of the nobles of Kholinar into excess and debauchery in an organization known as the [[Cult of Moments]]. Queen Aesudan attempted to bond with [[Yelig-nar]] by swallowing a gemstone containing it. |
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− | Following [[Sunmaker]]'s death, it fell into the hands of one of his sons, the progenitor of [[House Kholin]].{{book ref|sa3|19}} |
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⚫ | The city's defenses and command structure has basically collapsed, but the [[Kholinar Wall Guard]] has taken up the defense of the city under the command of Highmarshal [[Azure]], but they are mostly directed outwards towards the Fused. In the city, spren react strongly to any use of stormlight, including spanreeds and soulcasters. This, with the threat of Fused attacks, made it difficult to communicate outside the city. Soulcasting was made possible by metal plates provided by [[Hoid|Wit]], seemingly made of aluminum, that prevented detection by corrupt spren. A wall guard's single soulcaster was able to keep the guard and much of the city fed. |
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− | During [[Gavilar]] and [[Dalinar Kholin]]'s war of Alethi unification, it was conquered by the two brothers and subsequently became the capital city of [[Alethkar]].{{book ref|sa3|16}} |
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+ | When [[Kaladin]], [[Shallan]], [[Adolin]], [[Elhokar]], and [[Azure]] attempt to retake the Oathgate, a Thunderclast breaches the walls and the Voidbringers break into the city. Elhokar is killed in the assault to retake the Oathgate and Shallan is unable to use the Oathgate to bring reinforcements. They are transported to Shadesmar and the city falls to the Voidbringers. |
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− | === The True Desolation === |
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− | After the arrival of the Everstorm, the Fused gathered the transformed parshmen and began the [[siege of Kholinar]]. With high numbers of refugees coming in from the entire princedom and silence from the palace, the city quickly became overwhelmed, with various services collapsing and gangs roaming the city. The chief forces within Kholinar at the time were the Wall Guard and the Cult of Moments. In addition, the city was under the influence of two [[Unmade]], [[Ashertmarn]] - who influenced the Cult of Moments and caused the breakdown of the Lighteye structures in the city, and [[Sja-anat]], who corrupted the various spren.{{cite}} |
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− | When the strike team, along with [[Azure]], attempt to retake the Oathgate, a Thunderclast breached the walls and the Voidbringers broke into the city. While the team managed to reach the Oathgates, they were unable to activate it properly, and Kholinar was overrun.{{cite}} |
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== Landmarks == |
== Landmarks == |
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− | {{image|Kholinar by Connor Chamberlain.jpg|A view of the city from outside.|side=right|width=350px|artist=Connor Chamberlain}} |
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+ | :The wall is sixty foot tall at its highest point and ten feet deep. There is a guard post every three hundred feet along the wall, large enough to hold a platoon of soldiers. At some points along the wall, the windblades form part of the wall, built in the crevices between the blades. |
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− | The most notable feature of Kholinar are the windblades. They are massive rock formations, akin to giant fins, sticking out of the ground. They appear to be made of red, white, and orange strata, highly similar to the walls of [[Urithiru]]. Over the centuries, tunnels have been cut into them for quick and discrete passage through the walls. The windblades are wide enough for people to live atop some of them.{{book ref|sa3|61}} |
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+ | :Rock formations made of red, white, and orange strata. Over the centuries, tunnels have been cut into them for quick and discrete passage through the walls. |
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+ | :The Kholinar palace consists of the main palace complex and the Monastery Dais, which is connected by the Sunwalk. The Palace is situated in the northern Portion of the City. |
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− | The wall surrounds the entire city. It incorporates the windblades for much of its length, with man-made structures in the spaces between them. It is sixty feet tall at its highest point and ten feet wide, with guard posts every three hundred feet. Each post is large enough to hold a platoon of soldiers.{{cite}} |
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− | + | '''The Kholinar [[Oathgate]]''' |
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+ | :The [[Oathgate]] In Kholinar has become the Monastery Dais. Buildings have been built up on the Oathgate platform. Odium forced [[Sja-anat]] to corrupt the [[Spren]] of the [[Oathgate]]. |
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− | The [[Kholinar Palace]] consists of the main palace complex, a garden, and the Monastery Dais, which is connected to the main building by a passage known as the Sunwalk. The Palace is situated in the northern portion of the city, on a plateau high above the rest of the building. This caused a set of unloading docks to be built at the bottom, to transport cargo to and from the palace.{{book ref|sa3|prologue}} |
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− | The original function of the Kholinar [[Oathgate]] has been lost to time. In the modern day, it is known as the Monastery Dais and serves as the headquarters of the Kholin ardentia. Buildings have been built on the Oathgate platform, including chapels and housing, although the original chamber, with its eleven lanterns and a keyhole, remains unchanged. The Oathgate is currently non-functional, as Odium forced [[Sja-anat]] to corrupt its [[spren]].{{cite}} |
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− | === The Impossible Falls === |
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− | The [[Impossible Falls]] are waterfalls located in a small park in the south-west portion of the city. It appears to be a private meeting place. It is said that when viewed from the correct angle, the water seems to flow down tiers and then back up to the top. [[Adolin Kholin]] describes them to [[Shallan Davar]], telling her he would like to show them to her in person one day.{{book ref|ob|77}} |
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− | === The Lanacin Monument === |
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− | A monument in the southwestern part of the city.{{file ref|Kholinar.jpg|Map of Kholinar}} Little is known about this monument, but it is likely related to [[Lanacin|Lanacin the Surefooted]]. |
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− | === Sunmaker Park === |
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− | A park in the northern part of the city that is named after the [[Sunmaker]].{{file ref|Kholinar.jpg|Map of Kholinar}} Little is known about the park. |
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− | === Ringington market === |
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− | The Ringington market is the market closest to [[Yokska]]'s shop.{{book ref|sa3|72}} |
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− | === District of Colors === |
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− | A section of Kholinar under the Fused occupation, potentially existing before then. Nearby, quarried rock is being taken to build houses for the [[Makay-im]].{{book ref|sa4|i|4}} |
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− | * Moonlight Way |
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− | * Talan Way |
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== Politics == |
== Politics == |
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− | === Royal family === |
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− | Alethkar’s Royal Family resides in Kholinar, but with the [[War of Reckoning]] the only known members to reside here are [[Aesudan]] and [[Gavinor]]. As the [[Elhokar|King]] and Queen normally reside here, Kholinar is the center of Alethi politics and the residence of the Royal Court.{{cite}} |
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=== Wall Guard === |
=== Wall Guard === |
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+ | The Wall Guard was tasked with patrolling the city wall and controlling gate access. |
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⚫ | The Wall Guard was crippled when most of the high ranking lighteyes disappeared into the Palace after the execution of an ardent and subsequent riots. With no high ranking lighteyes to take charge, a woman calling herself Highmarshal [[Azure]] seized control of the Wall Guard and organized them in the defense of the city. With the use of a single [[Soulcaster]] used by [[Ithi]] and her sister in a room lined with [[Aluminum]], Highmarshal [[Azure]] was able to keep the Wall Guard fed and provide a sizeable amount of food to Kholinar. |
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⚫ | They recruited any able bodied fighter, using food and redemption to draw volunteers. They recruited Kaladin this way. Their primary focus was defending the wall from Fused raids, and let the city run itself for the most part. They used extra food to stop the other highlords from trying to seize control of the walls. |
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=== City Guard === |
=== City Guard === |
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− | The City Guard is the main peacekeeping force in the city. During the riots after the execution of [[Pai]], the remaining city guard was recalled to the palace. |
+ | The City Guard is the main peacekeeping force in the city. During the riots after the execution of [[Pai]], the remaining city guard was recalled to the palace. |
− | + | After the riots, the Queen recalls the City Guard and the Palace Guard into the palace and anyone who entered never came back out. Many of the original highlords never returned either, leaving the city in chaos. Elhokar and Adolin are able to recruit about a hundred of the highlords and their personal guards to join on the assault. |
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=== Palace Guard === |
=== Palace Guard === |
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+ | This is the force tasked with the imitate protection of the royal family in the city and the palace. A portion of the Guards resisted the lure of the Unmade and were locked in a room. While in the room they claimed time seemed to pass differently for them, feeling it has only been a few days not a few weeks from the riots. |
=== Cult of Moments === |
=== Cult of Moments === |
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+ | The cult is divided into two groups. One group roams the street imitating corrupted spren. The rest of the members hold feasts on the Monastery Dias. [[Ashertmarn]], the Heart of the Revel, compels them to mindless hedonism. The cult takes new members easily, provided that they can give food. Shallan is able to join the revelers on the Oathgate platform by stealing and distributing food. |
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− | Kholinar is located in the Vorin country of Alethkar, making the majority of its population Vorin. As Capital of Alethkar the city likely contains temples to each of the [[Heralds]]. The Queen is known to have many ardents in her retinue. Multiple Devotaries have a presence in the city. The known Devotaries to have a presence here are:{{cite}} |
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− | * The Devotary of Insight: they have a temple in Kholinar. |
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− | * The Order of Tanelenat: they have a presence in the western part of Kholinar, adjacent to the temple of Tanelenat. |
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− | == Notable Residents == |
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− | {{for|:Category:Residents of Kholinar|a full list see|here}} |
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− | * [[Aesudan Kholin]] |
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− | * [[Kaves Kholin]] |
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