Tom Bombadil

[Boromir]

What do we know about him?? I know he is jumping all the time from the game Battle for Middle Earth 2.

Now you tell me

[Eyalan]

uhmm let's see, what do I know about Tom Bombadil...
I know he has a lovely wife, Goldberry!

[Boromir]

Surely that helped

[orophin]

I don't think anyone knows much about Tom Bombadil.

[Boromir]

Please somebody tells me who he is??

[Elnimara]

Ah! When asked that very question by the Hobbits, his reply was:

Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. Tell me, who are you alone, yourself and nameless? But you are young and I am old. Eldest, that's what I am. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.

[Eyalan]

He was on Arda before anyone else, the book said.
But I remember some other juicy detail:
Tom Bombadil wass actually a doll of one of Tolkiens kids. He used to tell them bedtime stories about this doll when they were very young. Years later, when he wroted Lord of the Rings, he inserted Tom Bombadil into the story. He didn't really belong there, but Tolkien was grown so used to this character he didn't care much

[Boromir]

So Tolkien inserted him in the story like he is God then. Because none could have lived that much from the first raindrops till 3rd Age. I heard of Tom saved Frodo once. My friend who had read the book told me.

[Eyalan]

Yes Tom saved the four hobbit when they were on their way to Rivendell. They were attacked by some oak... what was his name?

[alexei]

Old Man Willow, wasn't it? I don't have the books with me at the moment. I never knew that bit about the doll. Thamks for that, Eyalan!

[Eyalan]

Old Man Willow, that's it!
Tom was the only one he would listen too, so the hobbits were very lucky he stepped by at that crucial moment.
Tom Bombadil always talked in rimes, so everything he said sounded like a poem.

[orophin]

I think Tolkien wrote a book about him didn't he?

[Haldir]

The Adventures of Tom Bomadil

[orophin]

Yeah, Thats the one! Maybe it has some information in it for you Boromir.

[Eyalan]

I never read that book. Did anyone here read it? Is it any good?