He wasn't idle. After his fall, Morgoth lost most of the powers that he had enjoyed as a Vala, and retained only a few. That was how Tulkas and Oromë could have bested him. He lost his ability to assume a fair form, among others, and due to his ability for seducing his way into people's minds, that was a great loss.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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