[Stephen_Zuckerman]

Well, my character, Pyyran Rahth, is a rarity in that he does, in fact, come from another Prime (planet). I only finally developed this out after a lengthy RP with Ozymandias, but basically, portals into the Outer Planes to open occasionally, and mere mortals sometimes get dragged along. Then, when our interplanar traveller decides to shift back to the Material Plane, they get dragged along, there, too. Pyyran got pulled in this fashion to Layonara, and was promptly (still sleeping!) summoned by the Dragon.

Honestly, I didn't know how Pyyran being from another world entirely would go over with Layonara at first, and it was really just an excuse for me, as a player, not knowing a single thing about the gameworld. However, Pyyran has developed into an incredible character; one that I am terribly fond of (and a few other madmen-and-women insist they like, too), despite my initial lack of creativity.

As such (getting back to him being from another world) I never really RPed it, aside from Pyyran being ignorant of everything about Layonara. It did turn out to give him a nicely voracious appetite for various bits of lore, which comes in handy, as well as a wanderlust and urge to explore, which is also fun, but now that it's nailed down, I get to play little pieces of his past into things, too. For example, magic on Layonara is very controlled as compared to anywhere else, as Pyyran discovered after discussing what little he knew of it, before and after Summoning, with Ozymandias. If you played a spellcaster from another realm, they'd probably be terribly frustrated that none of thier magic worked, but at the same time, overjoyed that magic is so easy to use on Layonara.

It's a tricky plot device to work with, but it can be done. Though I hold myself totally responsible if people take the idea and run with it, and totally destroy it. *Sniffle.*

EDIT: As for the curses thing, that sounds pretty nifty. Let's see it.