Please read out terms of service carefully before joining our group! Our terms may be updated at any time as necessary, an announcement will be made in the group Newsletter and Discord server when this occurs.
Conditions of Use
By joining this group you are agreeing to abide by our rules and conditions. Respect of all players, mods, and the group is absolutely necessary in order to play. Be sure to read through the full rule book before joining. The full rule book can be found here: Rules and Etiquette
Character Ownership vs Species Ownership
All species in this group belong to Athelas,Dwale, and the other mods that made them, and may not be made freely without joining the group and adhering to it's rules. Any non-mod may not make adopts or sell characters of these species. While the species itself does not belong to the user, the character they make with them does. Should one be banned from the group, their character will not be repossessed in any fashion, they cannot however continue to make new characters of the group's species or partake in any activities with those characters.
Character Use
This group encourages drawing gift art of other player's characters, as such, any character made within the group that has been approved and posted is allowed for others to draw them as they please. Other users may not draw your character in an NSFW situation without your permission, but general gift art is absolutely allowed.
Trading
Items may be traded in the group's assigned trading post, only here will the items be moved from your bank into another player's. Trading items anywhere else will not be noted and therefore not final. Most shop items can be traded unless stated otherwise in the item description. Trading characters is strictly forbidden, both between two parties as well as between your own accounts. Eggs from breedings can be traded however, as long as they haven't had designs submitted for them yet. Users are responsible for their trades, it is up to you to make sure your trading partner holds through on their end of the deal. Mods are not responsible if a trade falls through or someone doesn't do their end of the bargain, nor will they have to take action should this occur.
Moving Accounts and Account-Sharing
You can not move a character over to another account, even if you are able to confirm that the account belongs to you. This helps prevent confusion. Similarly, accounts cannot be shared between two or more users, as much of the group is tied to the user's account and not the character they play as.
Communications
Mods of this group may at any time contact you, whether through discord or deviantArt. These communications may be in private or in group discussion areas. By joining, you are agreeing that mods have the rights to do this.
Payments and the Shop
Items can be purchased through the group shop using a group-only currency, Gold. Payment of these items is based on a mutual respect system. The cost of the item should be subtracted from your Gold total in the next group-related image you submit, and the item will be added to your bank (or used immediately upon your request) by a mod. Event items are bought using another group currency, StarCoins. Unlike Gold, StarCoins ARE stored in the group bank, and will be depleted whenever you make a purchase, by a mod. For non-Gold or StarCoin purchases such as Points or USD (adopts/customs only), payment must be sent to the appropriate party (which depends on who is selling the adopt). Payment should be sent first before you receive the adopt/custom, if payment is not received within 7 days of saying you'll buy the item, it may be put back up for sale. If you need to have this time extended, reach out to the seller in private (via note), and they may extend the payment time as needed, or may decline you. Any item bought in Points or USD is non-refundable, so be sure you really want it before offering to buy!
User Privacy
The group will not collect more user-info than necessary to operate basic functions such as activities, the bank, or events. It is up to the user to maintain their private details in both the Discord sever and the deviantArt group. You are responsible for any consequences that may occur from sharing this information.
User Comments
The user may post comments as they please as long as it is not obscene, illegal, defamatory, threatening, infringing of intellectual property rights, invasive of privacy or injurious in any other way to third parties. Content has to be free of software viruses, political campaign, and commercial solicitation. Comments regarding the group or it's members must remain polite even when speaking of them in a critical way. The group has rights to remove any comment that is deemed inappropriate.
Group Suggestions
Users may submit suggestions to the group pertaining group-related functions and resources. This includes (but is not limited to) upgrades, fauna, flora, pets, items, group mechanics, and anything else group owned and ran. Once these suggestions are submitted, the user cannot take the ideas back. Any suggestion made by a user can be implemented at any time. Once a suggestion has been added to the group it can never be removed at the request of the user, as it now belongs to the group.