: First, you need a reason why they did not show up in the first trilogy: was it set on a different continent, where the Nukui-Paub were not operating? (Have they decided to expand, or has

First, you need a reason why they did not show up in the first trilogy: was it set on a different continent, where the Nukui-Paub were not operating? (Have they decided to expand, or has your protagonist moved?) Were they working against the antagonist of the first trilogy? (This may let you "redeem" a popular villain from the earlier books, giving them a sympathetic reason for their actions) There is a reason why lots of books or TV shows expand geography as they go: it's the principle of "Big Fish, Small Pond" at play, and moving the protagonist to a bigger pond from one which the bigger fish overlooked or ignored.
Next, pick out all of the unsolved mysteries, unanswered questions, and moments of "fridge-logic" (e.g. ""but why did that character happen to turn up at just the right time to save our heroes?") in your old trilogy. Then examine each one very carefully, and see if there are a small number which could reasonably be explained as related to your new villains, without causing more plot holes.
If you do this right, you may be able to convince the reader that they can see the shadow of the Nukui-Paub slithering around in the original trilogy as a hidden faction.

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