Sparkatale

I like what you've got so far--your pacing (so far) is well done, your sentences and paragraphs are fluent, and your ideas and imagery are clear and well-done.

Because this is only the first chapter, I don't have much to offer in the way of critiques.  I would recommend spending some time with the dialogue.  It feels pretty awkward and wordy; I know that you're going for an "age-olde" feel, and in non-dialogue passages, you achieve that fairly well.  I would recommend getting a friend and having these conversations out loud.  Language was more flowery in the old days, but you don't want your characters to sound awkward.  

Aside from that, I'm intrigued by this opening.  If this was the first chapter of a book I found in a store, I would be buying it.  I'll keep following this to see how it progresses :)