I don't think I am grasping at anything. As I said, I don't believe this myself and it was just cause for some rampant speculation. In other words, a fun idea to think about.

The one thing that I can’t really explain away with Thom is that he knows Fain. Yes they both are widely traveled, but for them to have met previously and to now end up in the same place right before the trollocs attack, it’s a pretty large coincidence. It doesn’t mean he is a Darkfriend by any means, it’s just interesting.