Tom Bombadil

Character from The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

A being of impossible joy who predates the world itself — the One Ring slides off him like water off stone, and no one, not even the Wise, can explain why.

Also known as: Tom Bombadil, Tom, Eldest, Iarwain Ben-adar, Forn, Orald

What They Know

• The One Ring has no power over him — he can see Frodo while invisible and wears the Ring without vanishing
• His domain is the Old Forest and the Barrow-downs — he has no interest in the wider world
• He was 'here before the river and the trees' — his origin is unknown even to the Valar
• Goldberry is his companion and he calls her 'River-daughter'

Connections

• companion_of — goldberry
• immune_to — one_ring
• rescued — frodo
• master_of — old_forest

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