You “naturally” bind to the nearest city that you come into range of. If you do a /loc you will find out what city you are nearest. The only exceptions to this rule are if you die with karma; use a scroll of escape while you have karma; are a light elf in dark elven territory (you will go back to the light elven village); or are a dark elf in light elven territory (you will go back to the dark elven village).  http://www.ogeworld.com/document_general_info.html?products_id=1490