Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10209824-20140321195951/@comment-24755309-20141108015008

Can I add something to the original argument (drangleic origins?) I believe there was another kingdom in the place of Drangleic. If you look at the item description of the dragonrider greatshield, it will state that the dragonriders were warriors who helped Vendrick found Drangleic and crushed the former inhabitants before building the kingdom on their graves. Also, the item description of Gyrm armor and helmet stated that they were exiled underground by the humans, who deemed them impure. This provides evidence that there was a gyrm kingdom where Drangleic stands now, and Vendrick, Aldia, and the future dragonriders came from an already established kingdom (I believe that this kingdom is Forossa) and conquered the Gyrm kingdom before banishing the gyrms underground and founding the kingdom of Drangleic.

If not the Gyrms, maybe some other kingdom?