Exporting character from black pits

So I exported a char file from a black pits save game and imported it for a bg1 play through except the import file maintained it's attained level. Is that supposed to happen? does it matter that the char name had numbers in it? I'd id rather not spend a while rerolling a character >.>
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I don't know of any way to knock a character back down to level 1, though there might be a mod for that.