Just for the record, the dead orcs remind Mordekai of these ones, not these ones.
2018-10-06 Rerun commentary: Yes, a forest can look familiar. It's possible to recognise individual trees.
Of course being an elf like Alvissa helps a lot.
It's interesting that Draak can make plurals where the addition of an 's' doesn't add a syllable, but not when it does.