An overwhelmed young Rickon can only follow around his oldest brother Robb, crying. His black direwolf Shaggydog shares these qualities. If the Frey’s hadn’t…. For better or for worse (and trust me, it's definitely for worse), Sansa understood what makes Ramsay tick. Rickon Stark, the youngest son of Catelyn and Eddard, was absent for much of season four and five of Game of Thrones, presumed dead. Jon Snow, Ser Davos, Tormund, and Sansa all have a … ... After Smalljon Umber presented Ramsay with the gift of Rickon Stark… Rickon Stark, played by actor Art Parkinson, is the youngest child of Eddard and Catelyn Stark. Sansa knew it. Rickon was always going to die. [6] His actions are witnessed and interpreted through the eyes of his older brother, Bran. [12] In a later interview published in the New Zealand Herald on 7 April 2015, Parkinson admitted that he was put off watching Game of Thrones after seeing a 3-year-old child getting his throat slit in one episode. It is possible that he hit him, but kept his face free of bruises. Rickon Stark is not a point of view character in the novels and is mostly a background character. The pair reached their destination, only to be betrayed by Smalljon Umber to Ramsay Bolton. [9] Osha flees with Rickon in her care, and the others accompany Bran. If he could just save this one person. He then asks Rickon if he wants to play a little game — and we should all know by now that this game of Ramsay's is only fun in Ramsay Bolton's eyes. When Theon Greyjoy captures Winterfell in Season 2, Rickon hides in the crypts with Bran, Hodor, and the Wildling woman Osha. [10][11] During an interview with Flicks and the City in 2014, Parkinson mentioned that he was not allowed by his parents to watch Game of Thrones due to its adult content, apart from a few scenes that were related to him. People Think That Direwolf Death Points to a Larger Game of Thrones Conspiracy. After Theon can't seem to find where Rickon and Bran are, he has two farm boys killed and burned, to pass their charred bodies off as the Stark boys'. He's been away for quite a long time at this point. If he could just do this one thing. [21], Because many Northern noble houses were plotting against the Boltons in the books, the show's decision to have them betray Rickon led to fan theories that the direwolf head Smalljon Umber showed to Ramsay was fake and the Umbers would turn on the Boltons. ... And I hope it's the longest, slowest, most painful death imaginable. --Death phoenix 18:14, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC) Huh, that is 10 years ago. Skagos is a large, northern island in the mouth of the Bay of Seals and is subject to the rule of House Stark. He then raises his sword and makes like he's going to slit Rickon's throat only to let him free. [4] He is naturally aggressive, strong-willed, and violent: traits reflected in his direwolf companion 'Shaggydog'.[5]. On last night's Game of Thrones, Rickon Stark meets his death at the hands of Ramsay Bolton. After Winterfell is sacked and burned, Rickon, Bran, Hodor, Osha, and the direwolves travel through the North. As Bran holds court for his people, remaining the the acting Lord of Winterfell, Rickon sits beside his older brother, shelling nuts loudly with a rock. Season 4, Episode 10 - "The Children" The Lannisters were sitting pretty in King's Landing and really … she would have been reunited with Robb and her lady mother again. Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Rickon is the youngest child of Eddard Stark, the honorable lord of Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional kingdom of Westeros. Ramsay was counting on Jon losing his cool when he murdered Rickon. The horrific and unjust way in which Rickard and Brandon were killed, along with Lyanna's abduction, led to Houses Baratheon, Stark, and Arryn rebelling against the Iron Throne. Seconds before the battle gets underway, Ramsay tugs Rickon forward on a long rope until he's well within sight of Jon and his makeshift army.