The Winds Of Winter Theory Finally Fixes GOT’s Rickon Stark Failures

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Rickon Stark may not have had a substantial arc in Game of Thrones, but a major theory for The Winds of Winter would finally fix these failures. Although Game of Thrones primarily centered around the six Stark children (including Jon Snow), only four of them survived until the end of the series. Arya, Jon, Bran, and Sansa ended Game of Thrones season 8 as some of the most important figures remaining in Westeros, with their brother Robb having previously made a name for himself as the King in the North before being brutally murdered at the Red Wedding. The Starks prevailed as Winter arrived, but the youngest sibling, Rickon, didn’t have the same narrative impact.

Since Game of Thrones surpassed George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books around season 4, the series ended up taking many different directions with the characters than were laid out in the novels. The next book, The Winds of Winter, still has plenty of untold storylines concerning Game of Thrones’ now-deceased characters, which may see the book narrative take significant deviations from HBO’s resolutions. Rickon memorably died in Game of Thrones’ season 6 episode “Battle of the Bastards” when Ramsay shot him with an arrow as he tried running to his older brother Jon, but in the books, the youngest Stark is thought to still be alive. More importantly, the books hint at The Winds of Winter featuring Rickon’s most important storyline yet, but whether or not it will actually be significant is yet to be determined.

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With Rickon being notable inGame of Thrones as the only Stark sibling to be a relatively unimportant character, hopes are high for The Winds of Winter to finally