after exiting the Stranded Graveyard you see a masked man at the end of a hill, right infront of a lost grace, as you approach him he speaks

"Oh, yes... Tarnished, are we? Come to the Lands Between for the Elden Ring, hmm? Of course you have. No shame in it. But I’m afraid you’re plum out of luck. You are maidenless. A bit player, fully divorced from the strength of runes. Feel free to go off and die in a ditch somewhere.”