Responses
The novel summarized his death needed to happen to make Roan feel sorrow to reach transcendence. He died in a dumb fight in my opinion tbh he fought in larger battles against stronger people and didn't die before the one he did die in. Though I also just don't believe that he had to die. I feel Roan had already felt sorrrow in his last life when he was forced to kill 7 or 9 I don't exactly remember the name when he was first getting trained as an assassin.

Rest in peace Rimmer.