

Once the Avatar declined this, Sozin attacked him. Roku confronted his old friend and ordered him to end his aggression Sozin replied that Roku's loyalty lay with the Fire Lord and the nation's progress.

Seventeen years after Roku's wedding, he discovered that Sozin had proceeded with his plans and set up colonies within the Earth Kingdom. Roku was horrified by this proposition, telling Sozin that the four nations were to be kept separate, and advised the Fire Lord to never bring the subject forth in future conversations.Roku eventually settled down and began living out his life with Ta Min, with whom he later had a daughter, Rina. He told Roku that he firmly believed the Fire Nation had entered a period of great prosperity, and proposed to Roku that together the pair could spread this wealth to the world by expanding the empire. At the wedding, Sozin asked to speak with Roku in private and informed his close friend that he had thought hard about the state of the world. A few months later, Roku married his childhood sweetheart, Ta Min, and had Sozin take the position of his best man during the ceremony. He reunited with Sozin, who had since been crowned as Fire Lord, greeting each other with a hug. Following the incident, Roku became more patient with his training and completely mastered the Avatar State afterward.Īfter his mastery of the Avatar State, Roku headed home to the Fire Nation, having become a Fully Realized Avatar. In payment for his near destruction of the Fire Sages' temple, Roku rebuilt parts of the temple and carved new underground passages out of the island's magma.
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Kaja eventually managed to free Roku from the state by aligning the Avatar's eyes with the winter solstice sun once more, halting the destruction of the temple. Despite his success, he became trapped under its influence and was unable to control his powers, resulting in the destruction of the upper half of the Fire Temple and the eruption of the nearby volcano. Growing impatient after failing to master it with meditation, he tried using the winter solstice sun to force himself into the Avatar State. In addition to mastering earth, Roku formed a great friendship with his teacher, Sud.ĭuring 55 BG, after mastering earthbending, Roku spent five months in retreat at the Fire Temple on Crescent Island, attempting to master the Avatar State under the guidance of Fire Sage Kaja. After eventually mastering waterbending, Roku traveled to the Earth Kingdomto learn earthbending, which he also mastered.

This task was particularly difficult for Roku, as water is the natural opposite of fire. While there, Roku became good friends with a young monk named Gyatso, Aang's eventual guardian and mentor.Īfter training for several years, Roku mastered the art of airbending and traveled to the Northern Water Tribe to learn waterbending from a master who lived there.

Following the cycle, he needed to learnairbending first, so he traveled to the Southern Air Temple. After learning this, Sozin gave him the headpiece worn by the Crown Prince of the Fire Nation, hoping that he was at least allowed to have that, which showed how much Sozin valued their friendship.Īfter learning of his identity as the Avatar, Roku began his journey to train under masters of the other three bending arts. Before Roku left the Fire Nation to master the other three elements, Sozin came by to talk to him and was informed by Roku that the Sages had told him not to bring anything with him on his travels, as the Avatar required no worldly possessions on his journey. They also shared the same birthday, which they celebrated together.Īt a party celebrating his and Sozin's sixteenth birthday, Roku was informed by the Fire Sages that he was the Avatar. They were so close that Sozin was able to immediately recognize Roku's crush on Ta Min. In his early years, Roku and PrinceSozin were best friends they seemed to spend a lot of time together, doing activities such as practicing their firebending.
