First and foremost .. Welcome To Layonara
A wonderful place to be!!
Well .. there are two starting locations for new characters , One is Port Hempstead, a nice and civiled city, with some shine on its own, Lawful and ordered city, With discipline and a comercial center in Mistone ( the initial continent )
The other starting point you can get, is Fort Vehl, a place a bit more shady and dangerous, dark alleys and mysterious things ocur here. The presence of the Rofirein temple ( the god of law ) gives a beacon for those Law abiding people in the town, but Still, the city is composed of dark alleys and dangerous parts. Where a lot of people disappear , but very few are missed.
About Hlint, it was an important town in the past, but the town has come down since the dark ages, now it holds its importance because of its strategic location near the center of Mistone, but its no longer a starting point for Characters..
Both cities are in the continent of Mistone, and they belong to diferent kingdoms, But are pretty near ( again relatively ) one from the other.
Hope this serves to you..
Cheers and welcome again