Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-24494913-20140319193521/@comment-98.250.139.84-20140324015734

By that logic, it can't be Vinheim or anywhere else either. Furthermore, that article is while the game was still early in development, where things are very much subject to change. Find an article from recent times or after the game was finished and then it'll be more credible, especially in light of the many in-game hints at it being connected to Lordran, moreso than the terrible idea of it being Vinheim.