In Elden Ring, what is the name of the world where the Tarnished begins the journey?

In Elden Ring, the Tarnished begins the journey in a world called the Lands Between.

The Lands Between is the game’s principal setting, a vast realm shaped by the Elden Ring, Queen Marika the Eternal, and the demigods who inherited Great Runes after the Ring’s shattering. Its regions range from Limgrave and Liurnia of the Lakes to Caelid, Altus Plateau, and the Mountaintops of the Giants.

The name is distinct from the Realm of Shadow, which is the separate setting explored in the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion. Players also sometimes confuse the Lands Between with the Lands of Shadow’s former identity or with locations from other FromSoftware games, such as Lordran in Dark Souls. The Lands Between is the central world map for Elden Ring’s base game and contains the majority of its major dungeons, characters, and story events.