TERMS OF SERVICE

1. Definitions

For the purposes of these Terms:

"Felvargs," "we," "us," or "our" refers to Felvargs.com and any affiliated services, communities, staff-operated spaces, systems, or platforms operated by the owner and management of Felvargs.

"Services" refers to Felvargs.com, affiliated Discord servers, events, gameplay systems, databases, tools, subscriber systems, support services, and any related features or content provided by Felvargs.

"User," "member," or "you" refers to any individual accessing or using our Services.

"Virtual Currency" refers to any digital currency, points, tokens, relics, or collectible value systems used within Felvargs. Virtual Currency has no real-world monetary value and may not be exchanged for legal tender.

"Virtual Items" refers to any digital item, import, character, design, trait, collectible, upgrade, companion, achievement, currency, reward, or asset existing within Felvargs.

"User Content" refers to artwork, literature, designs, comments, profiles, submissions, journals, imports, custom CSS, media, or any other content uploaded, posted, submitted, or displayed by users.

"Official Assets" refers to Felvargs-owned artwork, lore, species concepts, worldbuilding, coding, graphics, templates, systems, written content, logos, and other intellectual property belonging to Felvargs unless otherwise stated.

2. Eligibility & Accounts

• You must be at least 16 years of age to use Felvargs.com or its Services. Access to mature or restricted content is limited to users 18 years of age or older.
• By creating an account, you confirm that all information provided is truthful, accurate, and kept reasonably up to date.
• Users are permitted a maximum of one account unless explicitly authorized by Felvargs Management.
• Account sharing, gifting, lending, transferring, or selling is strictly prohibited.
• You are solely responsible for maintaining the security of your account and password. Any activity conducted through your account is considered your responsibility.
• Felvargs Management is not liable for losses resulting from compromised accounts, password sharing, or unauthorized access caused by user negligence.
• Usernames, display names, profile content, and identifiers may not:
  • infringe upon copyrights or trademarks,
  • impersonate staff or other users,
  • contain hateful, obscene, or malicious material,
  • intentionally disrupt the community environment.
• We reserve the right to reclaim, rename, restrict, or remove accounts or usernames at our discretion.
• Users may terminate their account at any time by discontinuing use of the Services. Certain information, submissions, logs, or content may remain archived for moderation, legal, or operational purposes.

3. Community Conduct

All users are expected to contribute to a respectful, safe, and welcoming environment.

The following behaviors are prohibited across Felvargs and affiliated platforms:

• Harassment, bullying, stalking, intimidation, or targeted hostility
• Hate speech, slurs, discriminatory behavior, or extremist content
• Spam, malicious misinformation, disruptive behavior, or excessive solicitation
• Threats of violence, self-harm encouragement, or behavior deemed dangerous
• Posting or distributing pornographic, exploitative, or excessively graphic content
• Sharing private, sensitive, or personal information belonging to yourself or others
• Impersonating staff members, moderators, or other users
• Encouraging harassment, brigading, or community disruption
• Excessive hostility regarding moderation actions or public disputes intended to inflame conflict
• Attempts to bypass suspensions, bans, or moderation restrictions

Sensitive or inflammatory discussions involving topics such as politics, religion, real-world tragedies, or similarly volatile subjects may be moderated or removed at our discretion to maintain community wellbeing.

Access to official Felvargs community spaces, including Discord servers, is considered a privilege, not a guaranteed right.

4. Unauthorized Tools, Automation & Exploits

Users may not:

• Use bots, scripts, macros, automation tools, browser extensions, or third-party software designed to automate gameplay, generate unfair advantages, manipulate systems, or disrupt Services
• Scrape, harvest, mirror, or mass-collect site data without explicit written permission
• Reverse engineer, decompile, probe, or attempt to exploit the structure or functionality of Felvargs systems
• Abuse bugs, loopholes, unintended mechanics, or exploits for personal gain
• Perform actions that excessively strain site infrastructure, stability, databases, or servers
• Circumvent or attempt to circumvent feature restrictions, subscriber limitations, or access controls.

Discovery of bugs or vulnerabilities should be reported privately to Felvargs Management.

Felvargs reserves the right to reverse rewards, remove items, suspend accounts, or restrict access in cases involving exploit abuse or unauthorized automation.

5. User Content & AI Policy

You retain ownership of original content you create and submit to Felvargs.

However, by submitting User Content to Felvargs, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to:

• display,
• reproduce,
• archive,
• resize,
• crop,
• modify for formatting purposes,
• distribute,
• feature,
• and promote your content in connection with the operation, preservation, moderation, and promotion of Felvargs and its Services.

You represent and warrant that:

• you own or possess the rights necessary to submit the content,
• the content does not infringe upon the rights of others,
• and the content complies with these Terms.

Felvargs does not claim ownership over your original artwork or literature unless otherwise agreed upon in writing.

AI-Generated Content

AI-generated or AI-assisted content is prohibited unless explicitly authorized by Felvargs Management.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• AI-generated artwork
• AI-generated literature
• AI-assisted visual editing intended to mimic manual creation
• submissions falsely presented as human-created work
• use of Felvargs assets, lore, designs, or user-created content in AI training datasets or generative systems without explicit written permission

Felvargs Management reserves the right to reasonably:

• request proof of authorship,
• request revision history or layered/source files,
• investigate suspicious submissions,
• remove content,
• revoke rewards,
• or suspend accounts where authenticity cannot reasonably be verified.

Failure to cooperate with verification requests may result in moderation action.

6. Intellectual Property

All Official Assets associated with Felvargs remain the intellectual property of Felvargs unless otherwise stated.

This includes:

• species concepts,
• lore,
• writing,
• worldbuilding,
• gameplay systems,
• templates,
• graphics,
• imports,
• official artwork,
• logos,
• design elements,
• coding,
• and site content.

Users may not:

• reproduce Felvargs as a competing game or commercial project,
• redistribute official templates or PSDs where prohibited,
• use Felvargs assets to train AI models or datasets,
• claim ownership over official Felvargs concepts or species,
• commercially exploit Felvargs intellectual property outside permitted community use.

Fanart and personal creative works inspired by Felvargs are permitted provided they do not falsely imply official affiliation, ownership, or endorsement.

Felvargs reserves the right to revoke permissions surrounding the use of its intellectual property where misuse, exploitation, or reputational harm is involved.

7. Trades, Sales & Community Economy

All trades, commissions, loans, collaborations, and exchanges between users are conducted at the users' own risk.

Felvargs is not responsible for:

• incomplete trades,
• unpaid commissions,
• lending disputes,
• external agreements,
• or off-site transactions between users.

Felvargs-related content may not be used for:

• commercial game development,
• AI datasets,
• blockchain projects,
• NFTs,
• cryptocurrency ventures,
• or external monetized systems utilizing Felvargs property.

User-created artwork, literature, designs, commissions, and other creative services may be exchanged for real-world currency at the users’ own discretion.

Felvargs does not facilitate, guarantee, moderate, insure, or assume responsibility for external transactions, payments, chargebacks, commissions, trades, reservations, or agreements conducted between users. All such transactions are undertaken entirely at the users’ own risk.

Virtual Currency, Virtual Items, and user-to-user exchanges are not moderated, insured, or guaranteed by Felvargs. While users may choose to privately exchange designs, characters, artwork, currency, items, or related content for monetary compensation, Felvargs is not responsible for determining value, enforcing agreements, recovering losses, mediating disputes, or resolving external financial matters between users. Certain items, genotypes, designs, or event rewards may carry additional restrictions or resale limitations as outlined at the time of sale, release, or distribution.

Felvargs reserves the right to intervene in cases involving:

• fraud,
• exploit abuse,
• chargeback abuse,
• impersonation,
• stolen assets,
• unauthorized sales,
• or violations of these Terms or community policies.

Felvargs additionally reserves the right to:

• reverse trades,
• remove items,
• freeze accounts,
• revoke rewards,
• or restrict access to Services where manipulation, exploitation, scamming, or abuse is reasonably suspected.

Emporium claims, reservations, and purchases are considered binding once submitted or otherwise confirmed through the reservation process outlined for that particular sale or event.

8. Virtual Currency & Digital Purchases

All Virtual Currency, subscriber perks, and Virtual Items are licensed for use within Felvargs and do not constitute personal property or real-world financial assets.

Virtual Currency:

• holds no cash value,
• may not be redeemed for real-world money,
• and may be adjusted, rebalanced, retired, or discontinued over time as Felvargs evolves.

All purchases and digital transactions are considered final unless otherwise required by law.

Attempting chargebacks, payment fraud, or unauthorized payment disputes may result in immediate suspension or permanent termination of Services.

Felvargs reserves the right to:

• adjust economies,
• rebalance rewards,
• alter item availability,
• modify subscriber benefits,
• or discontinue features at any time.

9. Subscriber Features & Customization

Subscriber benefits, early-access systems, custom pages, and premium features are subject to change, rotation, limitation, or removal at any time.

Custom profile pages and visual customization tools must remain:

• accessible,
• readable,
• safe,
• and non-disruptive.

Users may not:

• create flashing or photosensitive effects,
• imitate official site interfaces deceptively,
• conceal moderation tools or required information,
• significantly degrade performance,
• or alter site functionality beyond intended customization limits.

Felvargs reserves the right to reset or remove customizations that negatively impact accessibility, usability, moderation, or performance.

10. Moderation & Enforcement

Felvargs Management reserves the right to:

• remove content,
• restrict access,
• suspend accounts,
• remove characters or items,
• deny community access,
• or permanently terminate Services at its discretion.

Moderation decisions are made on a case-by-case basis and may consider:

• severity,
• intent,
• history of behavior,
• community impact,
• and platform safety.

Discussion of moderation actions involving other users is not permitted in public community spaces.

Felvargs reserves the right to protect the privacy and safety of users by withholding moderation details where appropriate. Felvargs is under no obligation to restore accounts, items, rewards, characters, or access once removed, revoked, or restricted.

11. Disclaimer & Availability

Felvargs and all Services are provided on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis.

We do not guarantee:

• uninterrupted availability,
• error-free functionality,
• permanent preservation of data,
• or compatibility across all devices, browsers, or third-party services.

Downtime, maintenance, bugs, balancing changes, feature removals, and unexpected interruptions may occur without notice.

Use of Felvargs is at your own risk.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Felvargs and its staff, volunteers, affiliates, contractors, and contributors shall not be liable for:

• indirect,
• incidental,
• consequential,
• special,
• or punitive damages arising from use of the Services.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• data loss,
• account loss,
• service interruptions,
• unauthorized access,
• third-party conduct,
• or loss of Virtual Items or Virtual Currency.

13. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Felvargs, its staff, volunteers, affiliates, contractors, and contributors from claims, liabilities, damages, losses, or expenses arising from:

• your use of the Services,
• your submitted content,
• your violation of these Terms,
• or your violation of applicable laws or third-party rights.

14. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States.

Any legal disputes arising under these Terms shall be resolved through the appropriate courts located within Pennsylvania, unless otherwise required by applicable law.

15. Changes to These Terms

Felvargs reserves the right to update or modify these Terms at any time, with or without notice.

Continued use of the Services following the posting of updated Terms constitutes acceptance of those changes.

If you do not agree to revised Terms, you must discontinue use of Felvargs and its Services immediately.