"Tom Bombadil!" Roland sighed softly. After all, the game had not given the man much screen time. He was a pure Old Forest NPC, and in the original work he had almost vanished from the records, too. The only record was this: a mysterious figure who had always existed throughout the long history of Arda. He lived deep in the Old Forest, and the area around his dwelling seemed to be the domain of his divine power. Though he was kind, he had never allied himself with the Free Peoples. His existence had also become an oral legend among Hobbits, as seen in the song The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
No one knew Tom Bombadil's origins. However, we could know that he had already existed between heaven and earth before Morgoth came to Arda, which meant he had already been there before the Valar arrived. No one knew what role he had played in the ancient days, but he must have witnessed those great events and battles, watched the vast forests of Middle-earth decline, and perhaps at the same time felt his own power slowly diminish.
The extent of Tom Bombadil's contact with the outside world was unknown, but he had names among many peoples, and had even become a figure in the folklore of elves, dwarves, and humans. In the Third Age, Tom Bombadil and his beautiful wife Goldberry lived in a small house on the bank of the Withywindle in the Old Forest. He had dealings with the Bucklanders and with Hobbits such as Farmer Maggot, which might explain his optimistic personality and capricious attitude toward life. Because he was cheerful and kindhearted, some of the Free Peoples regarded him as a potential ally—such as Elrond and Erestor, who thought he would attend the Council of Elrond—but Gandalf