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Fictional character
Rickon Stark
A Song of Ice and Fire character Game of Thrones character
Art Parkinson as Rickon Stark
First appearance
Novel:
A Game of Thrones (1996)
Television:
"Winter Is Coming" (2011)
Last appearance
Television:
"Battle of the Bastards" (2016)
Created by
George R. R. Martin
Adapted by
D.B. Weiss & David Benioff (Game of Thrones)
Portrayed by
Art Parkinson
In-universe information
Gender
Male
Title
Prince of Winterfell
Family
House Stark
Relatives
Ned Stark (father)
Catelyn Tully (mother)
Robb Stark (brother)
Sansa Stark (sister)
Arya Stark (sister)
Bran Stark (brother)
Theon Greyjoy (foster brother)
Rickard Stark (grandfather)
Lyarra Stark (grandmother)
Brandon Stark (uncle)
Lyanna Stark (aunt)
Benjen Stark (uncle)
Hoster Tully (grandfather)
Minisa Whent (grandmother)
Lysa Tully (aunt)
Edmure Tully (uncle)
Brynden Tully (granduncle)
Robert Arryn (cousin)
Novels:
Jon Snow (half-brother)
Television:
Jon Snow (cousin/adoptive brother)
Origin
Winterfell, The North
Rickon Stark is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Introduced in 1996's A Game of Thrones, Rickon is the youngest child of Eddard Stark, the honorable lord of Winterfell, an ancient fortress in the North of the fictional kingdom of Westeros. He subsequently appeared in Martin's A Clash of Kings (1998). Rickon is portrayed by Irish actor Art Parkinson in the HBO television adaptation.[1]
^"Game of Thrones Cast and Crew: Rickon Stark played by Art Parkinson". HBO. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
RickonStark is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television...
brother's absence. When Theon Greyjoy betrays the Starks and captures Winterfell, Bran and Rickon escape, aided by the wildling Osha. To hide his failure...
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letter to Jon in which he gloats that he holds RickonStark captive and threatens to kill the Starks and the Wildlings Jon has let through the Wall if...
that Bran and RickonStark are still alive, and having Reek shave him without harming him, even after revealing Roose's murder of Robb Stark. Impressed,...
himself, taking the castle from Brandon Stark. While he rules Winterfell, he pretends to have burned Bran and RickonStark alive. When the Boltons capture Winterfell...
five siblings: younger sisters Sansa and Arya, younger brothers Bran and Rickon, and a bastard half-brother Jon Snow. He is also a close friend to Eddard's...
older brother Robb, an older sister Sansa, two younger brothers Bran and Rickon, and an older illegitimate half-brother, Jon Snow. Through her mother, she...
Catelyn Stark (née Tully), later known as Lady Stoneheart, is a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American...
Bran and RickonStark apparently escape Winterfell, Reek advises Theon to kill two miller boys and pass their bodies off as those of the Stark children...
episode. This episode marks the final appearances of Art Parkinson (RickonStark) and Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton). Daenerys, Tyrion, Missandei, and Grey...
acting career at the age of seven. He is best known for his role as RickonStark on the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011–2013; 2016), and Kubo in the...
beyond the Wall with his prisoner, Ygritte; Osha and Hodor help Bran and RickonStark escape Winterfell as Theon Greyjoy pursues them; Daenerys Targaryen searches...
Ramsay Bolton challenging Jon to come take back Winterfell and rescue RickonStark; Margaery Tyrell is reunited with her brother, Loras; Cersei and Jaime...
daughter Sansa, younger daughter Arya, ten-year-old son Bran, youngest son, Rickon, Ned's bastard son Jon Snow and ward Theon Greyjoy. Ned takes his sons to...
Undying. The episode's title is a code phrase spoken by Jaqen H'ghar to Arya Stark, but its meaning, "all men must die", is not explained until the next season...
leaving behind a saddened Ygritte. With dangers ahead, Bran asks Osha and Rickon to leave for Last Hearth, the home of the Umber family. Daario, Jorah, and...
sacking of Winterfell and secretly followed the fleeing RickonStark and Osha, and points out that Rickon is on the fabled cannibal island of Skagos. Wyman...
non-viewpoint characters Lady Stoneheart, Quaithe, Euron Greyjoy and RickonStark will appear. He stated that Melisandre will return as viewpoint but did...
Westeros for the Iron Throne. The Starks and allies defeat the Bolton forces in the "Battle of the Bastards" reuniting Sansa Stark and Jon Snow, who is proclaimed...
while plotting revenge for Robb Stark's death and the restoration of Stark rule. Revealing to Davos that young RickonStark is in hiding on the remote island...
then by offering to swap Arya Stark and Sansa Stark for Jaime. After hearing of the supposed deaths of Bran and RickonStark, Catelyn interrogates Jaime...
novel, the season initially focuses on the family of nobleman Eddard "Ned" Stark, the Warden of the North, who is asked to become the King's Hand (chief...
Luwin discovers Bran and Rickon are alive. Luwin deduces Theon's men murdered a farming family and burned their sons in the Stark boys' stead, which Bran...