About Tom. I know this has been debated for centuries, much like balrog wings, but I can say within reason that he would have to be stronger than a maiar and less then eru. So, that elimantes a lot of options. IMHO, it would be best to assume, if anything, that he was a Valar. If you don't want to assume then he's in the "other" (enigma) category, us barrow-downs' people are so fond of.
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