Thoughts while Reading:
Why is boats capitalized?
I'm irritated by your use of 'echo' in the second paragraph. I don't know what it means. Be careful about using confusion as a cheap substitute for suspense. You do much better in your references to the bead. I'm mentally filing that away and wanting it to be important later.
Isaac's name is overused in the first section. I do that sometimes too when I first write a scene because I want to get my own feel of the character behind the name, but it does very little for anyone else reading it. Use more pronouns and very it with more concrete details to give us a better picture of the character. It is a bit better with Sal, but this line :
Sal was incredibly tone for his age, he had served the army for years before retiring and buying his boat, all those years in the army must have had a huge impact on how he maintained his body.
Is too long and too telly because you repeat yourself after the second comma.
Okay, besides some more setting, I'm not getting anything significant from his brief encounter with Sal. No conflict or new pieces of information. Knowing about Sal's character may be important, but I would try to do something a bit more significant with him.
Fury was swallowed by hate and in turn swallowed by unyielding panic until it molded into a motley of raw emotions.
I think this sentence would be more powerful if you just left off at panic.
You can easily simplify a lot of these sentences. Your discription words are great, but if you over do them, they just become redundant and annoying. I'll show you a few more as I find them.
He saw the tail of a green cloak as the man turned into an alleyway, he dove into the alleyway as he reached it.
Isaac’s eyes never left the man, he ignored the bead as it flew towards him, he trusted it completely and didn’t move an inch.
Implied.
The bead circled and revolved around him, glancing off the buttons on his coat with every revolution, causing sparks to fly in great sweeps.
The crates groaned and screamed as they tried to support his weight yet they did not break. under his weight.
That they did not break is implied.
“All that emotion, all that lack of inhibition, your you're definitely a Rider.”
Okay, fine, that wasn't technically a sentence problem, but you get the idea. Simpler sentences are the better norm with the more complex sentences added for variety and when you really want to make a point (especially in dialogue). You also are missing a lot of punctuation (again, especially around the dialogue) to the point that it distracts from the story. Slow down, maybe even read some of your stuff out-loud, to make sure you are getting the effect you want.
Character reactions at the end of the first scene seem rushed. I see no reason for Isaac to instantly believe Alden.
“So you want to know what it is?” asked Alden
Isaac doesn't know? Then what did he think it was? How did he get it and what does it do for him besides buzz around in circles? This is the kind of information I want ASAP. Maybe even before we have this scene with Alden so I can wait in suspense with Isaac about getting a few more answers from this new character. A scene with the fire (flashback or otherwise) would be a bit more powerful then being told about it after the fact especially since it involves your MC who we want some emotional bond with.
“I’m leaving tomorrow, if you want to come, meet me at dawn in the stables of this inn. I’ll wait for an hour.”
It's all becoming a bit too convenient, and abrupt, though I really like the concept of a Carter.
I think you may be overdoing the internal thought. A lot of it seems redundant and a bit obvious.
The uneventful bakers scene followed by another mundane scene at the cloth merchants (and another continent gift) is where I officially got distracted by the 'shiny' internet and skimmed through the rest. Granted, a printed book tends to hold my attention better than the best digitalized one, but the point is there.
And now, he is conveniently being kicked out of town....
Overall impression:
I am sorry that a lot of this is going to sound negative so I am going to quickly emphasize the positive. I like the carter, the possibility of the fire scene and that you seem to be making an effort to mix up the troops.
That said, the chapter is far too cluttered, goes on a bit too long and is devoid of any real conflict. The potential is there, but I never got the impression that Isaac felt trapped until someone else told him he was. I was given so many characters, and lists of mundane events that it was hard to know what to focus on or get a lasting impression of anyone. In the first chapter, you, as the author, need to show me what is important by the attention it is given. Spend time developing the things that matter (Isaac, Alden and the bead I am assuming) and let the rest fall to the background so it all becomes more natural.
Do we really need to know that Isaac has a cool coat? That he stopped to talk to Sal, a baker, a cloth merchant and got kicked out of his room after we already knew he was being fired? If your answer is yes to any of this, then by all means keep it, but please don't keep it ALL. Start late, get out early.
This is actually a chapter I would like to see again. I really do see a lot of potential even if it needs a lot of work right now.