Shol Arbela is the capital city of Arafel, in the Borderlands. It is the largest city in the kingdom and serves as the seat of the king, currently Paitar Nachiman. Roads link the city to Chachin in Kandor, Fal Moran in Shienar and Tar Valon. Shol Arbela is known as the City of Ten Thousand Bells. It is an Arafellin custom for men and women to wear bells in their hair, though it is not known whether this is something more connected with Shol Arbela itself or the nation as a whole. It is one of the large cities in the Westlands that was neither built by Ogier nor founded on an Ogier-built city.