The valley of secrets

You've clearly messed up the settings. I want to play in the bottom left corner, starting with the Sanctuary. No matter what I do, I set myself as the third player, choose the "gold" color, and even place all my starting units in the Sanctuary. But I still get a Barbarian hero... and the main city (Sanctuary) stubbornly wants to be rebuilt into a Haven. I understand that when I capture castles, I'll be rebuilding them into Havens... but I want a Sanctuary. In short, please fix the settings. Playing as Haven isn't appealing.
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