Set in the Lands Between, a world blessed by the Erdtree and governed by the "Elden Ring" (a cosmic artifact representing the laws of reality), the story begins after the artifact is shattered. This cataclysmic event, known as The Shattering, was caused when Queen Marika the Eternal's children—demigods who inherited shards of the ring called Great Runes—went to war over the fragments, tainted by their newfound power.
