[ksen]

I was wondering if his innocence came from the fact that he is the Eldest...that he came to Middle Earth "before the Dark Lord came from the Outside."

But is he really the eldest? I thought that Treebeard was called the oldest thing in Middle-Earth? I am so confused.

If this branch of discussion is not appropriate here, dealing with Treebeard and all, I am willing to continue on the Hobbit Hole thread.

-ksen

[Overtaxed]

Ok...who's older Bombadil or Treebeard? (Since Ents have already been brought up, I don't think I'll be spoiling anything new.)

From Encyclopedia of Arda Treebeard is "immensly old" and Tom is "very old indeed." However, I did find out that Ents originated in Middle Earth shortly after the Elves so I would say that Tom is the Oldest. Treebeard must be the oldest of the Ents.