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The sixth episode of the third season of the show, 'The Avatar and the Fire Lord' explores the history of the avatar-verse and the unique relationship between Avatar Roku and Fire Lord Sozin. Similar to the episodes 'The Storm' and 'Zuko Alone', the episode is heavy in flashbacks, using them almost exclusively. Unlike the previous two episodes, however, these are not the memories of any of the main characters, and are all delivered post-mortem.

Roku and Sozen do not see each other for twenty-five years. One night, however, a volcano erupts on Roku's island. As the rest of the villagers evacuate, Roku does what he can to fight against the tides of lava. However, the difficult task of fighting a volcano is made harder by the poisonous, volcanic gasses. However, Sozin, having felt the rumbles of the eruption even from the hundred mile distance of his palace, comes to his aid. The two fight the eruption together, but Roku begins to succume to the gasses. Seeing his old friend in that state, Sozin comes to a decision;

 

 

Sozin leaves Roku to his death, and somewhere in an Air Temple a baby called Aang is born. Roku tells Aang to "Make sense of our past, Aang, and you will bring peace to the world." Aang's trance ends.

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Roku being too hesitant to kill Sozin resulted in the current situation the Gaang is in.

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Averted. Because of their past history, Roku doesn't kill Sozin after his first invasion of the Earth Kingdom. This act of mercy later results in Roku's death, the extermination of the Air Nomads bar Aang, the genocide of the Souther Water Tribe's benders, millions of deaths, and a century of carnage and war.

 

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