First, don't let your starting location determine what you roll. It's super-easy to find ports as a newbie - just do a "/who all dru (or wiz) 39 60" and ask nicely. The only exception is that iksars are kind of a pain to deal with because of faction and Cabilis being far away from port locations. A half-hour spent getting a character from Faydwer to Qeynos (or whatever) is nothing compared to that character's lifetime.
In terms of where to hunt, stay in dungeons your entire career, since you can handle them as a full group and you will get an experience bonus (ZEM). Since you're starting in Qeynos, you can go to Blackburrow from level 4 or so onward, and get a ton of gnoll teeth, which you can hand in in Qeynos. Once Blackburrow gets too low for you (probably around level 15), head to Unrest or Upper Guk, then Mistmoore or Solusek A, then Solusek B or City of Mist, then Karnor's Castle. Obviously there are other options but these are the popular dungeons for a reason.
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