How do you connect a player character to a faction?

[lofgren]

I can't answer your question with utter confidence, but based on my knowledge it would be better to use aliases or scripts to assign the Bethesda NPCs to their appropriate factions if those NPCs are unique.

 

You can use scripts to add NPCs to factions using the AddToFaction() function.

 

http://www.creationkit.com/AddToFaction_-_Actor

 

However when it comes to followers there are several modders with a whole lot of experience dealing with exactly this kind of issue. They would most likely be able to assist you better. There is a decent chance I would steer you wrong since I would be dealing mostly in conjecture.

[ToppDog]

Thanks for that info & link.