Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-10209824-20140321195951/@comment-81.57.85.184-20140505214119

That's a nicely elaborated theory. However, I don't think it is accurate. Let me explain:

- First of all, the Dragoncrest Ring only says that it was USED in the same place where Drangleic is now. What if it only means this is the very same ring we had in DkS 1 ?

- Then, there is Heide's Flame Tower. Buildings are very similar to those in Anor Londo. The Old Knights are similar to the knights in Anor Londo. Even that good old Ornstein is here. His soul's description states it was once a former great knight who kept watching over his city after being Hollowed.

- Agdayne mentions a former king that reigned once where Drangleic is. Guess what his name was ? "king of Light", and he feared humans who wer about to usher a Dark Age. It somehow reminds me of that good fellow Gwyn.

- Straid was invited to Olaphis, a kingdom who was there before Drangleic to defeat a surviving Ancient Dragon. However, the only surviving Ancient Dragon after DkS1 was the Stone Dragon in the Ash Lake, Kalameet being reduced to ashes.

- Then again, in NG+, enemies drop the Lord Souls from DkS1.

So, my theory is simple, and quite obvious: Drangleic and Lordran share some same locations. They may not be the exact same lands, with the exact same borders, but I think Drangleic is built on some of the Lordran Ruins.