One of my PCs is infiltrating the Bastards of Erebus and has managed to convince Palaveen that she works for the Council. As a result, I've had to develop both the cleric and his tieflings.
While doing so, I realized that the Bastards are the thematic mirror of the Children of Westcrown. Two groups of outcasts gathered together by an idealistic cleric in an abandoned church.
Both are trying to make the general public react in some way to their exploits. I think the numbers in each gang are roughly equal too.
Also, the vagrant that Arael meets with to get intelligence on the Bastards could well be Jerusen, in his human state before getting Ilnerikity-wrecked. So Jerusen could well show up in Chapter 1 for some foreshadowy shenanigans.
Thirdly, the blood and sewer water that the Bastards feed to the dogs to make the Hell Dogs could have been made by Ophal, who is the closest friendly alchemist to their location. Could be a nice side-income for the old lady.
I'll update this thread with more as I play through. It could be useful to DMs looking to make plot links.
Well, my bard was so successful in wrapping the Bastards around her finger that she's now got them in place to attack the Cornucopia Dinner Party as a distraction. So they're probably going to die... but not before they kill some important, drugged-up nobles.
Also, at he party I included Avahzi Serafian as a bodyguard for Chammady, and reasoned that she is Arael's estranged mother - a Forlorn who abandoned him after giving birth to him.
Furthermore, I have Janiven as the daughter of the house maid who Chammady got ejected from her home as a child.
So now, Janiven and Arael are directly linked to the Drovenges.
At the party, I also included Delilee the Doppelganger (who was there to be hedonistic as f@&&), and Verennie, who was there to indulge some of her lawless cravings. I also had Vassindio, the Mhartises, the Ciuccis, Vuiper Ghivel and Captain Cervesi.
This allowed for a lot of foreshadowing... but yeah... the Bastards attacking the party with these lot there could be... plot-changing.