People have always wondered how powerful Tom Bombadil really is, and, could he even potentially defeat Sauron if things came down to it?
Well today we look at the character and disect our thoughts on this subject!

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Timecodes:
00:00 – Intro
00:55 – Tom Bombadil & The Old Forest
03:47 – Tom Bombadil in Adaptations
05:31 – Tom Bombadil Discussed In The Lord of the Rings
07:39 – Contesting Sauron’s Will
10:15 – The Inspiration Behind Tom Bombadil
11:43 – Sauron’s Evil vs Tom’s Good
16:33 – Roundup Conclusion
18:49 – QotD & Thank you’s!


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Bombadil Aurélien Morinière
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Middle earth – Klaradox
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Tom Bombadil – joaoMachay
Tom Bombadil Jeanne Plounevez
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The Hobbit Trilogy – New Line Cinema
Tom Bombadil Cynthia Blair
Old Man Willow – Mboulad
Tom Bombadil – Hildebrandt
Treebeard 3 PidR
Tom Bombadil – WilliWeissfuss
Treebeard Ivan Cavini
Old Farm – somatonic
The Council of Elrond – Mysilvergreen
Tom Bombadil Turner Mohan
Fog on the Barrow Downs – jonathanguzi
Tom Bombadil – VincentPompetti
Sauron – akreon
Denethor Son of Ecthelion II 1oshuart
Tom Bombadil – BFMEReforged
Eru and the Gods Singing the First Song of Creation – KipRasmussen
Aulë & Yavanna pieter01
Rivendell Ivan Cavini
Tom Bombadil – WizardRhosgobel
Tom Bombadil – joaoMachay
Tom Bombadil and Goldberry – AbePapakhian
Tom Bombadil Sprat9069
Tom Bombadil Pavel Filippov
A Light In The Darkness – Eoweniel
Aragorn Dave Seguin
Sauron Commander of Angband – toherrys
Tom Bombadil – BorjaPindado
The House of Tom Bombadil Joe Gilronan
Tom Bombadil – Kawenzmann
Sauron – Variones
J.R.R.Tolkien Tribute Ivan Cavini
Tom Bombadil and Goldberry – Mareishon
Sauron War of the Last Alliance – MattDeMino
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Sauron Jerry Vanderstelt
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Tom and Goldberry – MatejCadil
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