[SixOfSpades]

Speaking of comparisons in the BG series, I've noticed a few links between them:

The obvious one is Lord Foreshadow--he talks about Amn and specifically the city of Athkatla, and how it is "quite likely to be popular in the near future." Oh yes, very popular. One of his other responses deals with the city of Neverwinter and how it, too, will be popular.

Dradeel is the name of a mage who only appears in Tales of the Sword Coast, right? Wrong. You don't actually SEE him in BG1 without ToSC, but he is there--when you leave the Cloakwood Mines, a disembodied voice, going by the name of Dradeel, gives you a recap of what you've just done (as if you needed it).

There are also some hints that might not be hints, due to spelling differences: I haven't played BG2, so I don't know who Bhodi (Bodhi?) is--but I do know that when you enter the Thieves Guild in BG1, 'Bodi' is one of the passwords.

In a map screen with a ton of Spiders in it, there's a cave or nest that's home to a woman named Cuchol. When you ask her about herself (why she's so fat & ugly), she says, "I am cursssed. The powerful mage Jon Icarus made me this way for indignities done to him and his wife by me. I loved Jon, but now I hate him." Does this sound like Jon Irenicus to you?