Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.129.75.244-20130528195600/@comment-4294668-20140522184748

I was thinking about how the land in Drangleic is nothing like the terrain of Lordran, but it occured to me that maybe it's just flipped. When you get to Firelink Shrine and you face the giant cliff upon which Anor Londo is built (you can't see it from the shrine, but just that direction period), it's like the land you're in is shaped like a giant circle, and Anor Londo is on a raised "C" shape on the edge of that circle. Note that Anor Londo is the physically farthes place you can go in the game (Painted World excluded), as once you have the Lord Vessel and have to get the Lord Souls, you go to places closer to Firelink Shrine (Tomb of Giants and New Londo are literally underneath the Firelink Shrine, and the Demon Ruins can actually be seen from the shrine by looking down).

Now getting to Drangleic; it could be on that same land, but you approach Drangleic Castle from the opposite side of the Firelink Shrine. This time, you start at the open end of the "C" and go toward the crest.

Think of it this way: the raised "C" shape of the continent forms mountains, the same mountains that hold up Anor Londo. The player approaches Anor Londo from Firelink Shrine in this manner:

--> C

In Drangleic, you're approaching Sauron's Tower (lol) from Majula in this manner:

C <--

It's all on the same landmass, there's ajust a C-shaped mountain range separating most of the areas of Lordran from the areas of Drangleic, and the big bad castles (Anor Londor, Vendrick's crib) are built in the hug of those same mountains. I just went to Anor Londo and I noticed that the giant sunset making the whole place look like Gothic Disneyland is beyond the castle, meaning when you're looking away from the mountains, you're facing west. And in Majula, when you have that somewhat gloomy sunset making things all twilight, where is it setting? If you face that setting sun, Drangleic Castle is behind you. Coincidence? I think not!

One thing that disproves this whole theory is that when you're in Lordran (say Undead Burg) and you look out at the land, it's like the whole continent is floating above the clouds (further proven by the Ash Lake where you can see giant trees holding up the landmass), while in Majula, there's an obvious ocean spread out before you. It'd be weird if one half of a continent is so elevated it's above the clouds, and the other half is at sea-level. Idk folks. I'm trippin.