Avatar Roku
"In my life, I tried to be disciplined and show restraint, but it backfired when Fire Lord Sozin took advantage of my restraint and mercy. If I had been more decisive and acted sooner, I could have stopped Sozin and stopped the War before it started."
— Roku to Aang
Avatar Roku was the Fire Nation-born Avatar immediately succeeding Avatar Kyoshi and preceding Avatar Aang. In spirit form, Roku served as a guiding force for Aang throughout his quest to end the Hundred Year War.Roku was a wise and merciful Avatar with good intentions, though he himself acknowledged that he was too indecisive during his mortal life. Roku's long friendship with Fire Lord Sozin resulted in his reluctance to end his friend's life and thus his imperial ambitions. This ultimately led to Roku's death as he still could not bring himself to end his good friend's life, thus, he was unable to prevent a great war, which would last for one hundred years. Avatar Aang inherited Roku's burden of healing the war-torn world, and Roku firmly believed Aang was destined to amend his mistakes.
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Nationality: Fire Nation
Ethnicity: Fire Nation Age: 70 at death Born: 82 BSC Died: 12 BSC Predecessor: Kyoshi (as the Avatar) Successor: Aang (as the Avatar) |