now long had that gnome forsaken his folk , becoming leagued with the dwarves of nogrod , and was at that time come to the realms of tinwelint with certain other noldoli of like mind bearing swords and coats of mail and other smithyings of exquisite skill in which the nauglath in those days did great traffic with the free noldoli , and , 't is said , with the orcs and soldiers of melko also .