How to get started?

Wondering if someone could help point me in the right direction as to what I should generally look at doing after exiting the tutorial and dumped on my own? I've played a ton of Kenshi and was attracted to the open nature of the game with kingdoms and armies, as well as building up your own character, but I'm feeling a tad lost as to how I should be getting started.

I'm not really seeing any small bands of bandits or anything that I can fight to get junk to sell or build up my combat stats, and so far I've only found a couple oddball fetch quests at small towns. I tried my hand at a tournament, but since I'm a no name chump that just started out I pretty much failed immediately as I figured.

Any just general tips or advice to nudge me in the right direction would be appreciated! Trying to go at the game mostly blind for the most part before consulting any guides or tutorials or anything.

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