Question: are drangleic and lordran the same?
Answer: Drangleic is the Kingdom that rests over what was once Vinheim. There are a couple of pieces of evidence that support this: 1) The Devs stated that, in comparison to Lordran, "If DS1 took place in the North Pole, DS2 takes place in the South Pole." This tells us that Drangleic is not in the same location as Lordran.