<P> As the armies prepare for battle outside Winterfell , Ramsay brings out Rickon and orders him to run to Jon as one of his sadistic `` games '' , shooting arrows at Rickon in order to lure Jon into the open . Jon charges out to save Rickon , but Rickon is shot through the heart and dies almost instantly . In the aftermath of the ensuing battle , Rickon 's body is recovered and Jon buries him in the crypt , alongside Ned 's remains . </P>
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Rickon is shot through the heart and dies almost instantly