Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-27810594-20160418234634/@comment-27652981-20160606074913

I remember when I was very young I asked my sister about the nature of Tom Bombadil, she had a theory rather like this one, expect that in hers Tom was actually a bound sliver of essence from the remnants of Morgoth.

Personally I've always thought that Tom was one of the many assorted spirits who came into the world at its creation, a Maiar that was bound to no Valar, and scarcely even to Eru himself.