Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-1687225-20140423145647/@comment-98.100.96.154-20141201194103

The Dragon Riders were soldiers of Vendrick, and probably rode the worms made by Aldia. It's almost certain that Heide is older than Drangleic, since according to Straid, "Many kingdoms have risen and fallen on this tract of land, and Olaphis was by no means the first." Since Gwynevere and Flann left before DkS1, Heide would probably be the first country in this area, so the Dragonrider probably came much later than the founding of Heide. As for the Old Dragonslayer, I believe he is Ornstein, meaning that the bosses we fought in DkS1 were illusions. That begs the question, where is Smough? Also, due to the massive differences between their appearances, I think the DkS1 Giants and the DkS2 Giants are separate creatures. By the time of DkS2, no one would remember that there was once a race called Giants in ancient times.