Simple, starts out on the dock of a famous and well traveled port, pert of the biggest city on the continent. People are either very rich or very poor. Slaves are the main trade of this city. There is a very wanted robin hood character, an abundance of pirate raids, and murders run rampant among the poor.
Starts off on a ship just off from harbor. Freshly caught slaves mostly, but also goods and spices on their way to another major city on another continent.