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Kholinar is one of the [[Dawncities]], the most ancient sites on all of Roshar. Through the ages, it was rebuilt several times. It was the home of King [[Nohadon]] during one of the [[Desolation]]s.{{book ref|twok|60}} Following [[Sunmaker]]'s death, it fell into the hands of one of his sons, the progenitor of [[House Kholin]]. It became the capital city of [[Alethkar]] after [[Gavilar]] and [[Dalinar Kholin]] reunited the warring Highprinces back into a single kingdom.
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]] managed to restore order to the city and exiled all parshmen beyond its limits before the first [[Everstorm]] arrived. Soon afterwards, the Fused gathered the transformed parshmen and begun the [[siege of Kholinar]]. With high number of refugies coming in from the entire princedom and the silence from the palace, the city quickly became overwhelmed, with the 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
While the city's defenses and command structure had basically collapsed, the Wall Guard had taken up its defense under the command of Highmarshal [[Azure]] - however, they were focused almost exclusively on the external threats. In the city, spren reacted strongly to any use of stormlight, including spanreeds and soulcasters. This, along with the threat of Fused attacks, made outside communication impossible, and Soulcasting was only made possible by metal plates provided by [[Hoid|Wit]], seemingly made of aluminum, that prevented detection. The Guard's single soulcaster was able to keep them and much of the city fed.
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