A huge amount of promise in this. I am really looking forward to how it develops. The writing seems intriguing and you manage the evocative emotions well, the panic caused by the surging crowd etc.. Obviously, very early days so I expect a lot will change and improve.
. A big one that I am sure you will tackle is that the background to the inn's rough and cheap room and the bedroom you end up in is the same. Really hope this goes far as I love these kind of enticing tales with a different take on the heroic fantasy genre.
One question. You have written that this spans most of chapter one will subsequent chapters be longer? Or is this intended to be more of a compact tale?