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[Avatar] Why did Avatar Roku battle the volcano?

Sorry for asking so many Avatar questions but there is much unanswered about the show. What was the reason to keep going at it with the volcano? Everyone got off the island so what was he trying to protect? He would have lived if he had just left.
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Partly it was to buy time for a total evacuation, and partly it was to save the homes/shops/farms of everyone on the island. And he wasn't doing all that badly, either.

If he'd been a little younger (and Sozin a bit less of a dick) he'd have survived **and** stopped a large amount of damage to his home.