Newbie here with lost of questions

[sinnedam]

Hello,

I am calling myself a newbie even though I've played before. When I first played EQ was back around 2000 or 2001, and even then I never made it into the high end of the game, I think my highest lvl character was mid twenties. It has been so long that I have forgotten much of the game, and was hoping there was a guild I could join for newbs so that I can ask questions to people who played it for much longer than me. I played EQ2 from launch day forward off and on so I am more well versed in it, but I have forgotten how much harder EQ1 was that EQ2 LOL. Aside from the guild question, here are a few more -

1. I know that EQ has no in game maps, at least at the time period this server is designed for. What is the best way to find NPC's? It seems like i remember there being a command to find NPC's. I could be mistaken its been so long.

2. On EQ 2 spells are automatically given to you when you level, I know in EQ I have to buy them, but as a newb, I am struggling with figuring out where/what spells I should have at each level.

3. Questing - How do I find quests? How do I initiate quests? I cant seem to remember this at all, and EQ2 was pretty obvious as the NPC would have something glowing over their head I think.

I appreciate the help and love the server so far.