Rickon Stark has returned on tonight's episode of "Game of Thrones," but he's now in the hands of the show's biggest current villain: Ramsay Bolton.
Rickon has been away from the show even longer than Bran Stark (we haven't seen him since season three). In fact, last time we saw Rickon, he looked like this:
Fans have expressed mixed emotions on Twitter about the youngest Stark's return, some of which include:
— Wawa Vesper (@wanidapetch) May 9, 2016
I am stressing over Rickon. I'm scared and nervous for him. #GameofThrones #rickonstark— melly (@Melliss725) May 9, 2016
My God has every Stark son gone through puberty since last season? #RickonStark #GameofThrones #GameOfThronesSeason6— ReallyRick (@ReallyRicks) May 9, 2016
Fans are also upset about the death of Rickon's dire wolf, Shaggydog. Now that Rickon's wolf is deceased, there are only three wolves still alive: Nymeria (who is missing), Summer and Ghost. Are the wolves lives clues to which Stark siblings will live and which ones will die? Will only Arya, Bran and Jon make it to the end?
It will be interesting to catch up on Rickon's story and to see what he and former House Stark servant Osha have been up to for the last two seasons. But now that he has returned, let's look back on what was going on when we last saw him.
In season three, when Bran, Rickon, Osha, Hodor, Meera and Jojen took shelter from a storm, Bran realized that his journey would take him north of the wall. Knowing that this would be unsafe for Rickon, he asked Osha to take his younger brother to House Umber. This House had pledged loyalty to the Stark family previously and Greatjon Umber was an ally to Robb Stark.
However, in tonight's episode, Smalljon Umber arrives at Winterfell and tells Ramsay that his father Greatjon had died and that he is now the head of his family's affairs. He states that because Jon Snow allowed the Wildlings to come south of the wall and live so near to his home, he is no longer loyal to the Stark family. He then presents Rickon and Osha to Ramsay as well as the head of Shaggydog to show Ramsay that he can be trusted.
But, can Smalljon really be trusted? The Umbers were loyal to the Starks for years...and with Ramsay gaining so much power in the North, House Umber could be looking for a way to get rid of him. Could this all be a plan to gain Ramsay's trust in order to ultimately defeat him? Are the Umbers attempting to steal Winterfell for themselves, or to give it back to the Starks?
Or maybe, things are actually as grim as they seem and Rickon's return will be short-lived. Who knows what Ramsay will do to him, considering that he didn't even blink an eye when he murdered his newborn baby brother during last week's episode. Also, he is definitely still bitter about Sansa escaping him...what better way to get revenge than to torture or murder her youngest brother?
Older Rickon photo: http://www.businessinsider.my/game-of-thrones-recap-season-6-episode-3-2016-5/4/#eZdYDqbiCP9oery2.97
Younger Rickon photo: http://www.idigitaltimes.com/does-game-thrones-season-6-episode-3-preview-promise-return-rickon-531356
Reckon refresher information: http://www.ibtimes.com/game-thrones-season-6-spoilers-where-has-rickon-been-theories-youngest-starks-future-2366333
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