>>724582>the first session they literally setup a gas chamber mass execution of "evil cultists"What's the context for this?
>What are "Mongols" from a European perspective if not an invading other that poses an existential threat.I mean, that's exactly what the Mongols were during their conquests. They waged an unrelenting campaign of conquest, enslavement and genocide.
That said, I don't think the orcs are actually supposed to be Mongols. They're maybe Mongol-like in some superficial aspects, like some aspects of their physical appearance and a preference for scimitars, but to my knowledge the Mongols didn't burrow underground, build subterranean forges or despoil nature, and the Mongols were known mostly for wearing leather and lamellar armor, unlike the orcs who are described as wearing mail almost exclusively, nor are the orcs described as ever being on horseback or displaying any amount of Mongol culture.
If anything, comments and writing from Tolkien seem to suggest that the orcs were based at least partially on the Nazis.