Tom is timeless and ageless as far as Middle-earth is concerned. He and Treebeard were among the first to live there - even before the Elves and before the First Age. The Istari did not arrive until the beginning of the Third Age.
(From LotR, Council of Elrond) I think that in the end, if all else is conquered, Bombadil will fall, Last as he was First..."
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- I must find the Mountain of Fire and cast the thing into the gulf of Doom. Gandalf said so. I do not think I shall ever get there.
- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
- Where are we going?...And why am I in this handbasket?
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