Daario Naharis
| Daario Naharis | |
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A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character |
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Michiel Huisman as Daario Naharis
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| First appearance |
Novel: A Storm of Swords (2000) Television: "Second Sons" (2013) |
| Created by | George R. R. Martin |
| Portrayed by |
Michiel Huisman (season 4-present) Ed Skrein (season 3) (Game of Thrones) |
| Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Commander of the Second Sons |
| Significant other(s) | Daenerys Targaryen (lover) |
| Nationality | Tyroshi |
Daario Naharis is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones.
Introduced in 2000's A Storm of Swords, Daario Naharis is the commander of the Second Sons from the continent of Essos. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Dance with Dragons (2011).
Daario is portrayed by Ed Skrein and then Michiel Huisman in the HBO television adaptation.
Daario is a confident and seductive warrior who is the commander of the Second Sons, a company of sellswords consisting of 500 mounted mercenaries.
He is an efficient killer, bloody and ruthless, though entirely devoted to Danaerys Targaryen.
Daario Naharis is not a point of view character in the novels, so his actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of other people, especially Daenerys Targaryen. Daario is mostly a background character in the novels.
Daario Naharis a leader in the Second Sons mercenary company. Daario is won over by Daenerys and brings the Second Sons over to her side. He becomes romantically involved with her, eventually becoming one of her advisors. However, she later grows wary of his aggressive solutions to her problems. He is later given as a hostage to Yunkai to vouchsafe for Daenerys's good intentions.
Under the leadership of his Captain Mero and second in command Prendhal na Ghezn, the Second Sons are hired by the slaver city Yunkai to fight against Daenerys' army. Smitten with Daenerys, Daario refuses to obey his superiors when they decide to assassinate her, instead killing them and presenting their severed heads to Daenerys. With the Second Sons under his command, Daario and his men pledge their allegiance to Daenerys. He then assists Jorah Mormont and Grey Worm in opening the gates of Yunkai, allowing Daenerys' forces to conquer the city.
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