Rickon’s Back! Should We Worry About Him?

 

"There is a rumor in the books that the wildest Stark ended up where the wild things are, on the island of Skagos, home to cannibals, human sacrifice, and unicorns. It's possible that, if he spent any time there, Rickon may have learned a few tricks from the Skagosi, and may be a match for Ramsay when it comes to brutality.

Another theory — the Umbers are not truly defecting to the Boltons, and are presenting Rickon as part of a ruse  Could the Umbers have presented a fake Shaggydog head as "proof" of allegiance, just as the Manderlys presented a fake head as "proof" of theirs? How would Ramsay be able to tell the difference? Has he ever even seen a direwolf? Compare this severed wolf's head to Ghost's head, and then consider that Ghost was the runt of the litter -- shouldn't the head presented to Ramsay be much bigger? As Tyrion told the slavers who wanted to sell his penis to a cockmerchant, you never know where a severed body part comes from unless you see what it's attached to."
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Rickon’s Back! Should We Worry About Him? -- Vulture