[Suzerain of Sheol]

I don't think Bombadil is in the Silm, unless he in there under a different name, but Tolkien took that knowledge to his grave, if so. He did publish "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil," which I've never read, but I've heard that they aren't very closely tied to Middle-Earth.

And, I very much want to read Tolkien's letters, I just haven't gotten my hands on the book of them yet. Someday, though.

And... time for a new topic. A question, this time. Do the events of the Silmarillion (particularly, the War of Wrath in which the Valar sweep out of the Undying Lands into Middle-Earth and cast Morgoth from the world) make the conflict of Lord of the Rings less meaningful? And, do you think if Sauron had prevailed in the end, would they have intervened once more, or let ME go to hell beneath his reign?