General Alexandra Knolles ni Scadhatch, Ghostlight Freehold of Pacifica. Leader of the Phoenix guard and married to Duke Dante Pyreen ap Eiluned

Alexandra Knolles is the leader of the fabled Phoenix Guard, a group of Pacifican soldiers sent on a suicide mission that disappeared, presumed dead, only to rise again years later to take revenge on those who betrayed them.
 
She is known as a master swords woman, a tactical genius and an enigmatic personality that can turn up in odd places at odd times if it suits her fancy. Wanda Provone served under General Knolles and she is friends with Marie-Elise.