[Hawk]

Originally Posted by Sorter

I'm thinking

Spoiler!

It's Rickon on the cross. The Umbers are going to turn him over, Ramsey will burn Rick/Osha, and all hell will break loose. Jon Stargaryen will massacre those ****s but due to Ramsey's plot armor, he kills Tormund.

More speculation than spoiler, but since you spoiler tagged yours:

Spoiler!

That's a possibility, but it seems weird to me to burn Rickon before he even does anything other than be a minor role kid and then disappear and then die.

I've always wondered if there is more in store for Rickon. I wonder if he becomes the King of the North after Stannis dies. In the books, we get POV chapters from all the Starks except Robb and Rickon. In the books, it is also evident that nobody who is a king ever has a POV chapter (i.e. Robert, Renly, Stannis, Balon, Joffrey, Robb and Tommen so far).

Has Rickon not had a POV chapter like all the other Starks because he was too young, or is it because he is destined to be king of the north? Hmmm....