It would seem as though fate had made this moment an inevitability. Before He had the conscious decision to make a choice, this choice had been made up for him. His path would lead him down this road, and end here; one way or another.
His parents were killed in front of him when he was a child. The anger and resentment needed to instill the necessary resolve within the human psyche can only be forged in a few unique circumstances. He was again, a victim of fate.
It is said we are not pawns in a greater chess game played by higher powers; that we have the power of free choice, that we can choose right or wrong no matter who or what wishes us to make a different decision than the one we are to make. These things are said, but they are not always true.
First_They_ killed his parents, years later he was next. Some say Heros live forever, but Legends never die. While the ending has not been written on this odyssey, He would seem to embody both aspects of that saying. They came at night not expecting resistance.