Daario Naharis
character in A Song of Ice and Fire
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 A Storm of Swords (2000), Daario is the leader of a mercenary group from the continent of Essos called the Stormcrows. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Dance with Dragons (2011).
Daario was portrayed by the English actor Ed Skrein and then by the Dutch actor Michiel Huisman in the HBO television adaptation.
Character description
Daario is a confident and seductive, handsome, young warrior, and the commander of the Storm Crows, a company of sellswords comprising 500 mounted mercenaries. He is an efficient killer, bloody and ruthless, although entirely devoted to Daenerys Targaryen. The books reveal nothing about Daario's background, save for his Tyroshi heritage.
Overview
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.
Storylines
In the books
A Storm of Swords
The Stormcrows are hired by Yunkai to defend the city against Daenerys Targaryen's forces.
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