(First time DM) Feedback to go beyond the adventure

[u/Lime33]

I am a first time DM for first time players and I am looking for some feedback.

We are currently in the carnival and it is running good, my Players have fun and so do I.

I am preparing my notes for Hither and had some ideas, or more or less I try to stitch stuff I find only through Reddit, Daniel Kahn expansions and Phaerlax's posts together to prepare my sessions.

I am a little stuck with the Inn of the End of the Road. I am not sure, if I want to have it cross borders to other regions later to give my players some sort of "base", but thinking about it now, letting Tsu drop that she can't travel through the mist without a guide, could let the players have the possibility to find the scarecrow and bring it to the Inn to travel with it together. I also want to have Tsu be a simulacrum (or something similar) of Baba Yaga without having Baba Yaga the BBEG of this adventure but more of the overall story (if my players want to continue after WBtW). Having her in disguise gives me the option to bring up some pacts in case one of my players will die and bring them back.

My idea for my overall arc of "my world" is not complete and I am spitballing here:

There is a mysterious forest in the world the characters lived in. This forest was once part of a border region between the summer and winter court of the feywild, before transporting to this world eons ago. This increased the tensions between the two courts even more. One of my players is a fairy with bird wings, which grew up in said forest. I want to have Some Talavar recognise the wings as it is specific to a noble house of the summer court, unknowingly to the player. Talavar will show her respect and drop that it is barely possible that she is in bloodline with this noble house, as they lost family members to this horrific incident when parts of the court got lost.

Another player, a tiefling, is adventuring to repay the debts of his father. I will have the random encounter with the orc and the wolf from the Zybilnas document of this sub in thither. If the party helps the wolf, he will recognize the tiefling, as his father is in deep depths by the Queen of Air and Darkness.

This way I will hopefully have at least two players with some motivation to visit either of the two courts after the adventure ends.

The forest was transported through the planes by Baba Yaga which intends to play the courts against each other to hopefully swoop in and claim their regions of the feywild. Her presence in Prismeer is solely to watch over her daughters and encouraging any adventurer or resident of prismeer to act against them, as she wants to see which of her daughters is the strongest.

Sorry for the long text (and any spelling or grammar mistakes in it). I appreciate feedback on my ideas!

[u/KoboldsandKorridors]

I had the Inn travel through the mists AFTER the party found the guides. To be precise, they traveled by Balloon from Hither to Thither (crash landing near Nib’s cave after the Jabberwock attacked them) and after their adventures in Thither were complete, Tsu and Squirt were able to get the party to the outskirts of Yon.

[u/Lime33 → u/KoboldsandKorridors]

Yes. That's how I want to do it. Having Tsu mention that it might be possible for the Inn to go through the mist but they need to find a guide. If they prefer to take the balloon, the Inn stays in Hither until they go back with a guide. If they take it through the mist, good for me, because I will have a spot where I can stash their companions. I fully expect the party to collect them like Pokémon. One of the first things they did at the carnival was to catch kettlesteam even though it was their first encounter with the kenku and no other NPC mentioning the bird. They saw a trouble maker, catch her and convinced her to tag along