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Is a link to a paper on Tom. In real life Tom was a creation of Tolkien in a poem. Tolkien new of the discord Tom caused readers yet he didn't say apologise, he just mentioned it 3 times. I feel tolkien knew of TOm and his purpose and origin, but that was only for him. Tom was a creation of Tolkien, maybe Tom was also a creation of LLuavatar(sp?) A link to the beauty of the world for the creator to see the beuty(sp?) of nature and the valar's creations and the altering of the children of llavatar? Or maybe he was the eyees of the Valar? Gandalf talked long with him, maybe of things to come or the will of the valar. However I feel Tom was special, a viewer of good things and nothing more. HIs role in the music of anuir was maybe the transcriber, or watcher. It was said that if sauron won there would bee nothing left for Tom? So I feel is a devine watcher, for who I don't know but maybe Manwe, or the creator or maybe for Mandos, it must get lonley in those halls? A question to all the scholors were the hobbits warned or told t excpect Tom by gandalf or was the encounter by chance?
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