With his Bardic talents and his experience in the Andoran court giving him more than the requisite skills, he became a gleeman and journeyed across the land, performing in inns and villages, sometimes for pay, sometimes just for supper and a bed.
He assisted Matrim Cauthon in rescuing Moiraine from the Tower of Ghenjei, and is currently her Warder and husband. A great player of Daes Dae'mar, Thom is able to sort out what is important among the information he gathers and which is just lies. Thom is hot-headed, but generally kind and considerate, though he nurses a hatred of the Red Ajah and a distrust of all Aes Sedai, following their treatment of his nephew. He left, barely dodging the execution block. He accused Elaida for the role he suspected the Red Ajah played in the circumvention of White Tower law, Gentling Owyn without returning him to the White Tower first, something he had counted on taking long enough to give him more time. When Thom returned, Morgase was angry with him for leaving - a fight ensued, and Thom said she was a spoiled baby and a tool of the White Tower. The issue of Owyn returned later and Thom disappeared to help him, but he had waited too long: Owyn had been gentled by the Red Ajah as part of the male channeler pogrom, and had subsequently died alone. Somewhere during this time, Thom discovered his nephew and only surviving blood kin, Owyn, was being pursued by the Red Ajah because he could channel saidin, but he was too busy with his duties to Morgase to seek him out. He thwarted Taringail's plan to kill Morgase and killed him instead.
He helped her ascend to the throne of Andor, became her Court Bard, and was renowned in noble circles in most nations. Not much of his early life is known, except that he was Bard to the young Lady Morgase of House Trakand. The contradictory information is presumably why Thom's age was not canonised in The Wheel of Time Companion.
This would had made Thom in his late forties during his relationship with Morgase and about 60 or 61 when the main series events begin. Robert Jordan's notes on Andor attempt to be more precise, saying that Thom is about 19-20 years older than Morgase. At one point Morgase muses that Thom was "twice her age" during their relationship, presumably in 984-85 NE when Morgase was 27 (turning 28), which would have made Thom around 54-56 at the time (and therefore about 70 at the start of the series) but at another point Thom is described as being "in his prime" at that time, suggesting a younger age. He is said to be white-haired, but still attractive enough to attract considerably younger women such as Dena, whilst Elayne notes that he is still handsome. Thom's age is not specifically given in the novels.
He is frequently portrayed as smoking a pipe. His snowy hair and long mustaches make him appear older than he probably is, given his spryness. It is also described as quite thick, having odd, baggy sleeves and big pockets. He wears a cloak that is described by Bran al'Vere as having more patches than cloak and more colors than you can think of. Only for all of it to crumble apart, and it was buried, until now.He is fairly old, and has a gnarled face, shaggy white hair, and blue eyes. The Tower was built with the many souls of tired workers, slaves, and priestess. Nimrod's ultimate goal to reach the Heavens, his attempt to dominate God and rule Heaven. Chapter 4 Inhabitations The Tower of Babel is a final location in Chapter 4 of Agony.