A shepherd reports being unable to tend to his flock with his three sons fighting in the south and Bran offers to assign two orphans from Winterfell’s outlying winter town to aid him if he will give them room and board. Season 2Īs 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. When Bran emerges from the crypts, Maester Luwin tells him that their father has been killed for treason against Joffrey Baratheon. He meets Bran, who also had a dream about his father being there. He goes down to the crypts with Shaggydog to look for him. Rickon sees his father in the crypts below Winterfell in a dream.
Rickon ventures in crypts with Shaggydog. Afterwards, Bran tries to reassure Rickon that Robb will return along with their parents, but Rickon wistfully replies, "No, they won't." Robb decides to ride against King Joffrey and wants to bid his younger brothers goodbye, but Rickon is nowhere to be found. Eddard challenges his legitimacy and is arrested for treason. His son Joffrey Baratheon claims the throne. King Robert dies as a result of a hunting accident. Rickon's oldest brother, Robb, is left in charge of Winterfell. Catelyn initially remains with Bran, but after protecting him from an assassination attempt and then discovering evidence implicating House Lannister in his injuries, she follows Eddard south to warn him in secret. Įddard travels south to the capital King's Landing, taking Arya and Sansa with him. Rickon's brother, Bran, is found severely injured at the base of a disused tower. His father accepts Robert's offer to serve as the Hand of the King. During the welcome, Robert fondly ruffles his hair. Rickon receives the visiting King Robert Baratheon with his family at Winterfell, standing close to his mother. Rickon adopts one of the pups and names him Shaggydog. His brothers find a litter of direwolf pups in the Wolfswood and bring them back to Winterfell. Rickon watches Bran's unsuccessful practice at archery and laughs when Bran misses and is outwitted by Arya Rickon later helps Robb and Jon put the arrows back in their place. He is six-years-old when his uncle, Lord Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, mysteriously dies. He also has an older "bastard half-brother", Jon Snow.
He has two older brothers, Robb and Bran, and two older sisters, Sansa and Arya. Rickon was born and raised at Winterfell. He is also the Warden of the North to King Robert Baratheon. House Stark rules the region from their seat of Winterfell while Eddard holds the title of Lord of Winterfell. The North is one of the constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms and House Stark is one of the Great Houses of the realm. Eddard is the head of House Stark and Lord Paramount of the North. Rickon is the fifth child and youngest son of Lady Catelyn and Lord Eddard Stark.