Board Thread:Dark Souls III/@comment-3236835-20160805064715/@comment-13194233-20160810092833

the land in the background is Lothric (as seen in the opening cinematic) and the building is the Anor Londo cathedral, also in the opening cinematic (and the Announcement Trailer) he's shown dragging a body across the floor probably to use it in the removed bonfire creation ritual.