 The first idea for this story line involved a villain from the  Aladdin TV series named Mozenrath. The plot was that the hero and  villain would turn out to be brothers. However (according to one of  the writers) everyone thought they should steer away from the TV  show and that, and the fact that they couldnt get in touch with  Johnathan Brandis (qv) (Mozenraths voice), prompted them to move  on to another relative of Aladdins 