Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-25958616-20150212002505

Before the events of Dark Souls 2 Vendrick went to the Land of Giants an took something of great value from them. Whether this was the Lord Vessel, Giants Kinship, or something else this allowed Vendrick to create Golems to help build more onto Drangleic and are found in the Throne of Want. Eleum Loyce also has the same Golems in its kingdom, but scattered about. This posses a few ideas, either Drangleic and Eleum Loyce were allies at some point and Vendrick gave the Ivory King some Golems as a will of good faith, the Ivory King stole Golems from Vendrick to use, or Vendrick tried invading Eleum Loyce, or the Ivory King was able to create Golems himself without the power Vendrick stole. I highly doubt that the Ivory King would steal from anyone because out of the four kings (Vendrick, Sunken, Old Iron and himself) the Ivory King was a benevolent and loved ruler that would die for any of his citizens. The power Vendrick stole seems to be the only way to create Golems of the same magnitude that you see in game. Eleum Loyce is also the only kingdom that doesn't have Drangleic soldiers in it. They can be found just before the first bonfire at the Brume Tower and as the Drakeblood Knights before making it to Sinh, but nowhere in Eleum Loyce. This leads to the conclusion that Drangleic and Eleum Loyce were at one point before the Old Chaos Infestation and Giant Invasion.

Another thing to consider is that you can find two Flexile Sentries behind a door that won't open unless you light to torches around it. "The Flexile Sentry was ordered by King Vendrick to take the undead to a far away land, from whence they would never be able to return." This could suggest that Vendrick ordered undead to be dumped into Eleum Loyce or the Ivory King asked for Vendricks help dealing with the undead. I think none of these are true because like I said before the Ivory King loved all of his citizens, even those with the undead curse and it's safe to assume that he would never allow undead to just be dumped in his kingdom. I think that the Felxile Sentries have simply been following Vendricks orders long after both kingdoms fell to a greater power and have been dumping undead in Eleum Loyce because they most likely could not escape the Old Chaos, the kings pets Aava, Lud and Zallen, or the harsh blizzards.

It seems very likely that Drangleic and Eleum Loyce were allies before each kingdom fell to a relic of the past (fragment of Manus and a reborn Bed of Chaos). 