Patrolling between the starting point and the church is a Tree Sentinel boss.
Your first step will be to head to Church of Elleh and meet Merchant Kale, one of the Nomadic Merchants of the game. Right next to the First Step Site of Grace you'll find White Mask Varre. Exhaust his dialogue for some info about the world and to start his quest. Limgrave has a lot of places to visit, but only a few of them are essential. Elden Ring Map: Limgrave Region starting point.
