Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-24494913-20140319193521/@comment-10209824-20140324040453

You've seen my reasons. The Lingering DragonCrest says, "A ring used long, long ago in a land that existed where Drangleic is now. In DS1 it establishes that that is the Ring of the high sorcerors of Vinheim. Vinheims sigil was the Dragon because Dragons are where the soul magics originated, most likely the Dragon Temple is the Old Dragon School of Vinheim.

We never see the giants faces in Dark Souls, they are always wearing helmets. Also it's been a thousand years, more than long enough for them to have changed. Their skin textures are the same. But the only place, in the lore, where Giants are native is Lordran, making it very likely that the "Land of the Giants" is "Lordran".