Brand new player to eq and p99,item questions

[mjp187]

Hi everyone, brand new player here, I had a few questions.

First off After reading all of the class and race descriptions I made a dark elf enchanter named varomar, I'm almost level 7 from grinding monsters in the forest outside of the city.

Ok so a few questions I have I hope someone can help me answer are....

Where are the quests to level up and get gear? Are there any or do you mostly level just from grinding monsters?

I've managed to get some cloth pieces off of the skeletons but it has no stats on it only ac, at what level do the quests or monsters start dropping items with int or mana on them?

Am I basically going to be naked til lvl 50? (Max level?)