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Originally Posted by BleedingRed
The Gift Ramseys is going to get is Rickon Stark - (Pink Letter)
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I wonder if Ramsey is being set up? It all seems a little too neat for him right now. Karstarks tell Ramsey they will support him, but actually still support the Starks back to the leadership of the North. Roose gets his comeuppance for his betrayal at the Red Wedding by motivating Ramsey to seize power, then convinces him to set out on the Knight's Watch, giving the banner men the authority they need to overthrow "House Bolton" as traitors to the realm.
They put Rickon, with Bran MIA, back as Warden of the North. I just remember the old lady that helped Sansa telling her "the North remembers". If the word is out that Sansa, Rickon, possibly Bran and Arya are all still alive, maybe they still hold the popular sentiment. Roose was too pragmatic to attack Castle Black, and thus not easily baited. Which is what he warned Ramsey about right before Ramsey betrayed him. Then there was the old adage, Arya related, that the greatest crime was murdering your guests, in reference to the Red Wedding.
Maybe that's too contrived, the Karstarks decide Rob's death isn't enough to forgive the execution and they really do support the Boltons now. All he said is that it was time for "new blood", he didn't say it was to be Roose's bastard.