Theres several all over around start, first time I took the trip to 1st boss spawn I got smacked by a troll. Currently my first base in due south from boss shrine on shore, building a forest base east of that on the other coast, there's actually an existing set of villages there, so I'm repurposing the one by water. (thin chunk of land on map, already considering a canal)
Dwarves pissed me off while building, so I razed that section of forest and placed craft tables all the fuck over.
I also watched 13th Warrior again last night, we need a horde of cannibals & firewyrm raid. I forgot how good that movie actually is. Trying to settle that village and the constant night streams of dwarves went well with movie.