I was going to tackle these questions by myself, but I do believe Kal will want to read this himself and reply. However, Personnaly, I must say that I am plesantly suprised that you liked Dr. Jellyfish, and the portrayal of Vladek. As for the curse, this is something I warned Kalaren about, but as I'm sure he'll tell you once we reply tomorrow sometime, he was insistent on this taking place in Ankoria. As for the specific curse on Margothor... I'm not sure how to deal with that. I suppose we were banking on it wearing off to a bearable level, or that the generational mages, having focused all of their study on this *one* subject of protection have become *masters* of this, and nothing else? *shrug* Again, I'm sure that Kalaren will want to discuss it. He simply loves brainstorming and theorizing. (Drat, this will keep him preoccupied and debating with anyone who will listen for *hours*, what have you done, Wiz?! :P) In all seriousness, I'm really glad you liked it, President of the L&CC, and I'm sure Kal will be estatic to iron out the wrinkles, however considerable they might be!
(edit) I now realize, re-reading this, that I have convienently forgotten all about the timeline. However, rest assured, it's somewhere in our collective notes. I'll nail it down with Kal tomorrow, and we'll let you know.