Pronunciation: TAHM-rah oh-SPEHN-yah

[Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] 973-979 NE, raised from the [Blue Ajah]. 

! Physical Description

She has long hair lightly streaked with gray. She has a square, determined face. ([NS,Ch2]) 

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! Chronology (Possible Spoilers)

* Tamra Ospenya is raised to the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai] in 973 NE. ([Guide])
* Tamra, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] are present when [Gitara|Gitara Moroso] [Foretells|Weaves] the birth of the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor]. Tamra swears the [Accepted] to secrecy. ([NS,Ch2])
* Tamra announces the death of [Gitara|Gitara Moroso] and declares a bounty for all women who recently gave birth. She sends all the [Accepted] to nearby camps to take census. ([NS,Ch3])
* On Tamra's orders all the [Accepted] leave the [White Tower] with [Tower Guard|White Tower] escorts. ([NS,Ch4])
* Tamra has [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] rewriting the lists of census names. ([NS,Ch6])
* Tamra sends urgent messages to [Meilyn|Meilyn Arganya], [Kerene|Kerene Nagashi], [Aisha Raveneos], [Ludice Daneen] and [Valera|Valera Gorovni]. ([NS,Ch7])
* Tamra leads the ceremony where [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] are raised to the shawl. She [channels|True Source] [Spirit|One Power] on the [Oath Rod] while the girls speak the Three Oaths. ([NS,Ch11]])
* Now that [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] is [Aes Sedai], Tamra puts her in charge of disbursing the bounty. ([NS,Ch12])
* [Jarna Malari] and the [Black Ajah] question Tamra about the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] and then murder her. [Galina Casban] and [Chesmal Emry] participate in the questioning. Tamra reveals that the [Dragon|Lews Therin Telamon] is reborn and the names of the [Aes Sedai] searchers, but not that he is still a babe. ([NS,Ch14], [NS,Epilogue], [ACoS,Prologue], [ACoS,Ch40], [WH,Ch10])
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! Other References (Possible Spoilers)

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# In [New Spring]
## [NS,Ch2] - [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] thinks of her as fair, just and often kind.
## [NS,Ch8] - Because of Tamra's certainty of the timing, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] thinks [Gitara|Gitara Moroso] must have had other [Foretelling|Weaves]s about the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor].
## [NS,Ch14] - Three days after [High Chasaline|Calendar] [Ryma Galfrey] announces to a stunned dining hall that [Tamra|Tamra Ospenya] died in her sleep.
## [NS,Ch18] - After learning of the [Black Ajah] murders, [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] wonder if Tamra was also murdered.
## [NS,Ch23] - There have been some mysterious deaths, but [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] do not see how they could be connected to [Meilyn|Meilyn Arganya], Tamra and the [Black Ajah].
# In [The Path of Daggers]
## [TPoD,Ch19] - [Romanda|Romanda Cassin] retired when Tamra was chosen [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. She wanted the position herself.
# In [Crossroads of Twilight]
## [CoT,Prologue] - Most people believe that Tamra died in her sleep, but [Yukiri] is now convinced that she was murdered.
# In [The Gathering Storm]
## [TGS,Ch8] - [Gareth Bryne] presses [Siuan|Siuan Sanche] on why she broke oath. She tells him the truth about the [Foretelling|Weaves] on the [Dragon Reborn|Rand alThor] and that Tamra was murdered by the [Black Ajah].
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