Shonar is located southeast of Crown City in Hardorn. Duke Tremane halted and consolidated the Imperial Army there during their aborted invasion. Tremane set up his own base of operations in the nearby Shonar Manor, which had been left vacant in the wake of Ancar's depredations.
Tremane began working with the town almost immediately, in order to ensure that both the townspeople and his own troops would survive the terrible winter and the ravaging Mage Storms. When he was eventually crowned king, Shonar became the new capital of Hardorn.