doughty were those outlaws and great wielders of sword and axe from their warfare with orcs , 'so that many were slain ere the king , seeing that peace and pardon might no longer be , summoned a host of his warriors , and those outlaws being wildered with the stronger magics of the king ' and confused in the dark ways of the halls of tinwelint were all slain fighting bitterly ; but the i ] king 's hall ran with gore , and the gold that lay before his throne , ' scattered and spurned by trampling feet , was drenched with blood .