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Alexandra Tamsanqa is a playable character in Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave and the leader of the Silver Knights, one of the smaller clans entered in the Heroic Games of 1449. She serves at Jurah's temple in the upper levels of Dagsion, fights from the back of a pegasus named Bucephalus, and is well enough known in the capital to have picked up a nickname: the Silver Maiden.

Profile

Biography

Alexandra comes from a distinguished family and had a comfortable upbringing. By 1449 on the Dagdan Calendar she serves at the temple of the goddess Jurah in the upper levels of Dagsion, where she has become popular enough to be called the Silver Maiden. Her published profile notes the other side of that: because her family name and her circumstances were both handed to her, there is no shortage of people who resent her for it.

She introduces herself in battle by her title rather than her clan: "I am Alexandra Tamsanqa, Silver Knight of Tellus, and I am ready to fight!"

Personality

Her listed likes are her parents, Bucephalus, virtuous men, and talking about love. Her interests are combat training and caring for her steed. She enjoys the company of friends, which is unusual on a roster where most of the mercenary and clan-leader profiles emphasise solitude or ambition instead.

Personal Skill

The skill rewards keeping her inside a formation rather than sending her ahead of it, which cuts against the usual flying-unit habit of ranging out alone. It sits on the same skills layer as every other unit's personal ability.

Role in Battle

Alexandra fights mounted on Bucephalus and can cross terrain that infantry cannot. Her profile describes her slight build as what lets her dance on the air. In the shipped game she is the opponent of a Heroic Games qualifier match on three of the four paths: it closes Chapter 6 of Dietrich's path, Chapter 6 of Leda's path and Chapter 7 of Theodora's path. In that match Dietrich, Theodora and Leda fight on the same side, the battle is lost if any of the three falls, and it is won by defeating Alexandra; scripted attacks lower Theodora's maximum HP during it. She can also be recruited, which is the pattern most rival clan leaders on this roster follow.

During the Free Time before that match, the player can talk to her in the City Streets area of Dagsion and then watch an optional event in Lowtown.

Recruitment

She can be recruited in Part I on every path. Each path sets a Support level she must reach with that path's lord and a minimum Renown level, and she begins to appear in Dagsion around 5/29 on the in-game calendar.

Names in Other Languages

Alexandra is the feminine form of Alexander, a Greek name meaning protector of men. Tamsanqa is a masculine given name of Xhosa and Zulu origin meaning luck or fortune.

What Is Not Known

As of September 2026, this wiki has not documented her starting class, while starting combat stats and weapon ranks remain unrecorded here. Her support partners and the membership of the Silver Knights beyond herself are also still undocumented here. Her recruitment conditions are set out above.

Growth rates

These character growth rates exclude class modifiers.

Skill preferences

Related Pages

The Silver Knights and the twenty other revealed groups are set out on Factions, and the full roster is indexed on List of Characters. For the tournament she competes in, see Heroic Games, and for the credits published so far, see Voice Cast.