Roku Vamir

Roku Vamir is a member of the Vamir Family and was the Avatar before Aang and died at the start of the Hundred Year War.

Appearance
He is seen wearing a royalty like version robe of the Fire Nation.

Personality
Roku was a warm hearted, wise, disciplined and merciful Avatar.

In his youth, he was a cheerful young man who wore his heart on his sleeve and easily befriended people around him, including Gyatso, Sud and Sozin.

His affectionate nature remained even after his death as he offered his successor, Aang, a warm hug despite Aang damaging his connection to Roku and his other past lives.

Roku believed that friendship could transcend a single lifetime and showed immense devotion to his friends and loved ones.

However, this devotion also proved to be a weakness because upon having a chance to stop Sozin's mad conquest later in life, Roku spared him in honour of their friendship.

His traumatic death and the war that followed caused Roku's spirit to regret sparing his old friend and he advised Aang against making the same mistake, telling him that it would be best to kill Fire Lord Ozai.

Although he was a wise and experienced Avatar, Roku was also aware of the limits of a single man's perception, telling Aang that he didn't have all the answers and could only advise him from his own point of view.

He was self-critical, believing himself to be an indecisive man and acknowledging that Sozin had used his own merciful nature against him as Roku could have prevented the One Hundred Year War if he had been decisive enough to kill the Fire Lord.

Roku wasn't above intimidating people in order to maintain balance in the world but rarely followed through with his threats, something he regretted after his death.

Bending & Abilities
By age twenty-eight, Roku was a master of all four bending arts and a Fully Realized Avatar, able to control the Avatar State and to bend all four elements simultaneously.

Among his abilities, he could bend lava and cool it with his breath, move fairly large amounts of earth or water, quickly tunnel through earth, fly using an Air Nomad glider or mini-tornado, and create a shield of air large enough to cover a whole village.

His control was not only powerful but precise – he could leave a single rock pillar standing while he levelled a building, and melt chains on others while leaving them unharmed.

As well as having tremendous control over the elements, Roku was a skilled combatant, which was displayed when he was attacked by Fire Lord Sozin.

Roku easily defeated him before his opponent had the chance to make a second attack.

Weapons
None.

Family

 * Vamir Family (Ancestors and Descendants)
 * Aang Vamir (Son)

Voice Actor
James Garrett.