1st: Choose a homeland clearing that is not adjacent to enemy homelands.
2nd: put 4 warriors and 1 matching garden in your h omeland. Put 3 warriors in clearings adjacent to it as evenly as possible
3rd: put 2 warriors in your Acolytes box.
4th: Fill your Gardens tracks with gardens, except the leftmost space of the garden on the map.
5th: Put your outcast marker on its Outcast side on any space of the Outcast box.