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Only those who brought to Storybrooke via the curse will lose their memory when leaving town. Hook, Regina, Neal, Emma, Cora and August could all leave the town freely. Henry obviously could as well because he has no link to Fairy Tale Land outside of family connections.

Rumple is only the Dark One when he has access to magic and his dagger. Otherwise, he can be killed like anyone else.