New player, looking for advice/groups

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I've got mostly small bronze gear from Unrest

Polished Granite Tomahawk in my main hand (I think this was gifted to me?) , crested mistmore shield in my offhand (also gifted?).

When I came back to the game (literally 2 days ago) I was outside Guk in Innothule Swamp.

Outside of reading some of the guides, I know nothing about the game. Was lucky during my first playthrough to have found groups in Unrest to get to my current level and some passersby offering me the weapon/shield.