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Summary:  A brief introduction to Wilde and Fletch (Hawkye), fundamental members of the rebel/revolutionary/radical group of my Hand Of Sorrow universe.
Genre: Historical Fiction / Adventure / Fantasy
Critique Requested: Sentence structure, grammar, dialogue, and general flow of the piece, please.
Critique Tolerance: 5. I'm looking for complete honesty.
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Advice/opinions on the difference between the first half and the second are genuinely desired. Am I using too much detail, or too little?
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Hey there! Admin-Jack from Authors-Club! I just read over your submission, and figured I'd drop a critique off while I was at it! I saw you wanted a 5/complete honesty, so I'll try to give some helpful notes n_n 

On to the Critique!
-  There's definitely a difference between each character, when it comes to their "voice".  It looks like you were trying to give the reader a sense that these guys come from two completely different places, and that was done pretty decently! I will say, however, that I wasn't sure if you were trying to write in a certain dialect with Wilde, or just trying to give him a little bit different tone in dialogue.  If it was trying to give him more of a dialect, I'd read THIS article. That's one that's helped me out a lot in the past.
- I see you tried in the beginning to show and not tell, but it still came across as just telling us what was going on, instead of involving the reader in the scene. I found it hard to break away from your personal writing voice (which is just another way of saying it sounded like you just reciting a story, not trying to bring the reader into the story with you), and that can make a reader gloss over your work, or just close the tab completely.
- Grammar, ah don't we all love it?  It's not everyone, but for me, I find it really distracting when there are grammatical errors. Only way to fix this is either find someone who's good at it to review your work for you, or just hit the books! Studying up on this sort of thing is the worse, but it will help in the long runNod 

Example:  
Not yet content with himself he stretched his arms above his head and added an exaggerated groan to soft crackling of flames and otherwise silence of the evening.
Edited:
Not yet content with himself, he stretched his arms above his head and added an exaggerated groan to soft crackling of flames. Otherwise, the evening was silent.
(Broke off that last part, cause it was a little too close to a run on for me. This is just a personal preference, and you don't have to take my wording for it at all <3)

To Sum Up: I'd say add more details. This is such a short scene as it is, you really can use some stuff to kind of ease the reader into what they're looking at. That being said, be sure you don't drown them, either! You don't need to go into a flowery description of something, but casually showing the reader around is a great way for them to stay involved in the story.

You have a great base here! It reads like a first draft, but it's not bad n_n. I'd definitely like to see you expand on it! Clap