1st: Shuffle all 12 *relic tokens face down. Put on face down randomly in each forest.
2nd: Choose 2 adjacent homeland clearings on the map edge that have 2+ clearings between them and enemy homelands. Put 4 *warriors in each homeland.
3rd: Put any remaning relics, as evenly as possible, among any forests that are not adjacent to your homelands.
4th: Tuck a Fathful Retainer card into each of your Retinue column slots.