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From what I gathered from the episode Fall and the preview of next week's episode, physical and magical barriers are no protection - only by being absent or previously affected is the only way to escape the shattered site spell.

In the case of being absent:

- Assuming that those absorbed by the hat can be retrieved... then that makes Blue and her fairy (nuns?) crew, the apprentice and anyone else there avoiding the shattered site spell.

- Mariam is frozen, thus I think if revived, she too would be unaffected by the shattered site spell.

However as stated (and from the previews), physical barriers are no protection and looks like magical barriers (Reina, Bella, Henry) would not protect either. Even though Rumples made a deal with the SQ to be allow to leave Storybrooke with Bella and Henry, I wonder how willing they would be to leave with Rumples. I wonder if Rumples would be able to escape the affects as well (does being the dark one give magic immunity?  I think not, since giant squid ink seems to trap magic users). Thoughts?

Even though