Xaro Xhoan Daxos

Xaro Xhoan Daxos is a character in Game of Thrones. He will debut in the second season and will be played by Nonso Anozie.

Xaro Xhoan Daxos is a powerful merchant prince of the great city of Qarth, located far to the south of the Dothraki sea, beyond a forbidding wasteland. He is a member of an influential merchant cartel and has many friends amongst the rulers of the city.

In the books
In the Song of Ice and Fire novels, Xaro Xhoan Daxos is a member of the merchant guild known as the Thirteen, one of several groups vying for power in Qarth. He has impressive influence and power, and owns eighty-four ships, including his own pleasure barge which he often takes sailing on the Jade Sea.