Editing Rickon Stark (section)

===''A Clash of Kings''===
[[File:Rickon and Shaggydog by Nicholas Gregory.jpg|350px|thumb|Rickon and [[Shaggydog]], by Nicholas Gregory © Fantasy Flight Games]]

Rickon is initially upset when [[Walder Frey (son of Jammos)|Big Walder]] and [[Walder Frey (son of Merrett)|Little Walder Frey]] arrive at Winterfell as [[ward]]s, according to the alliance between Houses [[House Stark|Stark]] and [[House Frey|Frey]].{{Ref|ACOK|4}} When Little Walder knocks the Rickon into a pool while playing [[lord of the crossing]], Shaggydog bites him. Ser [[Rodrik Cassel]], the [[castellan]] of Winterfell, confines Shaggydog and Summer, both direwolves at Winterfell, to the [[godswood of Winterfell|godswood]].{{Ref|ACOK|4}}

Rickon then becomes friends with the Frey cousins, playing other games like [[monsters and maidens]], [[rats and cats]], and [[come-into-my-castle]]. Bran is angered when his brother shows the crypt of Winterfell to their guests.{{Ref|ACOK|4}} Rickon sits near the Freys during the [[harvest feast]].{{Ref|ACOK|21}}

With his mother Catelyn away in the south, Rickon refuses to have his hair cut, and instead bites a girl who tries to cut his long, unruly hair.{{Ref|ACOK|21}} [[Maester]] [[Luwin]] discounts the dreams which Bran and Rickon experienced before Winterfell was informed of Lord Eddard's death,{{Ref|ACOK|28}} while [[Jojen Reed]] explains he has had [[green dreams]] of the Stark brothers in the crypt{{Ref|ACOK|35}} and also of the boys being flayed by [[Ramsay Snow|Reek]].{{Ref|ACOK|35}}

[[Theon Greyjoy]] and his [[ironborn]] raiders [[capture of Winterfell|capture]] Winterfell. Rickon, Bran, and the Reed siblings become his [[hostage]]s. [[Meera Reed]] protects Rickon when [[Stygg]] kills [[Mikken]].{{Ref|ACOK|46}} After [[Osha]], [[Hodor]], the direwolves, and the Reed and Stark siblings vanish from the castle, Theon and Reek hunt for them in the [[wolfswood]] to no avail.{{Ref|ACOK|50}} The hunters instead kill two [[miller's sons]] at the [[Acorn Water]]; Reek [[flay]]s the children's bodies, and Theon presents their tarred heads to Winterfell as those of the missing Starks.{{Ref|ACOK|56}}

In [[King's Landing]], [[Varys]] receives word of Bran and Rickon's murder, and informs acting [[Hand of the King]] [[Tyrion Lannister]], who informs his sister, Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]]. Both fear that Catelyn Stark will kill Robb's hostage, their brother [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]], in revenge. Cersei notes that they still hold their own hostage, [[Sansa Stark]], and Tyrion reminds her that they must take good care of her.{{Ref|ACOK|54}}

At [[Riverrun]], Catelyn receives word of Bran and Rickon's murder, and decides to free Jaime Lannister to exchange for her daughters.{{Ref|ACOK|55}}{{Ref|ASOS|1}}{{Ref|ASOS|2}} During the [[Battle of the Blackwater]], Sansa Stark sings a prayer for her siblings.{{Ref|ACOK|57}} At [[Harrenhal]], [[Arya Stark]] becomes teary-eyed after learning of her brothers' fate.{{Ref|ACOK|64}}

In actuality, Rickon and his companions have secretly hidden from Theon in the crypts, and they survive the [[sack of Winterfell]] by Reek, who is actually [[Ramsay Snow]].{{Ref|ACOK|66}}{{Ref|ACOK|69}} The group emerges from the crypts to find Winterfell in ruins. In the godswood, they discover a mortally wounded Maester Luwin, who tells them that Bran and Rickon need to be separated and taken into hiding. Osha agrees to look after Rickon, taking the prince and Shaggydog to parts unknown.{{Ref|ACOK|69}}

[[File:Osha and Rickon by amuelia.jpg|350px|thumb|Rickon Stark and [[Osha]], by Amuelia ©]]