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On Bombadil:
I believe that he is the physical avatar of Varda itself. That would make the most sense. He is obviously not a Valar, not a Maiar, and I doubt he's an Erdu.
Because all of his powers deal with the earth itself, I would tend to lean in this direction.
As for the Balrogs...
Where the hell would one be? There isn't one in the Lonely Mountain (Smaug would've likely killed it if there was), there are none in the Iron Hills, none in the Glittering Caves. Other than those, I don't think there are any 'active' mining operations where one could actually BE found.
Not to mention the fact that there weren't any recorded sightings (that I know of) during all of the Second Age (with the exception of Durin's Bane).
So, yeah.
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