Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) constitute a legally binding agreement between you (“you”, “your”, or the “User”) and the operators of Aura Kingdom: Allure of The Past (the “Service”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), a privately operated, community-run game server and associated web portal made available at aurakingdom.net and related domains. By accessing, registering for, browsing, or otherwise using any part of the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

If you do not agree to these Terms in their entirety, you must not access or use the Service. Your continued use of the Service constitutes ongoing acceptance of these Terms as they may be amended from time to time.

You represent and warrant that you are at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence, or that you are at least thirteen (13) years of age and have obtained the verifiable consent of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by these Terms on your behalf. The Service is not directed to and may not be used by any person under the age of thirteen (13). By using the Service, you represent and warrant that you have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract and are not barred from doing so under any applicable law.

The Service is a non-commercial, fan-operated project provided for the entertainment of its community on a best-effort basis. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or otherwise associated with any commercial publisher, developer, or rights holder of any pre-existing work. We make no representation that the Service will be available at any particular time, that it will be free of interruption, or that any feature, world, character, item, or balance configuration will be preserved, maintained, or carried forward.

We reserve the right at any time and without prior notice to modify, suspend, discontinue, reset, wipe, migrate, or permanently terminate the Service or any portion thereof, including any account, character, virtual item, balance, or other data associated with your use of the Service, without liability to you or to any third party.

To access certain features you must register for an account. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep that information up to date. You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account, whether or not authorized by you.

• You may not share, sell, rent, lease, transfer, or otherwise make your account available to any third party.
• You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.
• We are not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to safeguard your credentials.
• We may refuse registration, reclaim usernames, or suspend or terminate accounts at our sole discretion.

Subject to your continuing compliance with these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to access and use the Service for your own private, non-commercial entertainment. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved. This license terminates automatically upon any breach of these Terms or upon termination of your account for any reason.

You agree that you will not, and will not attempt to, do any of the following:

• Cheat, exploit bugs, use unauthorized third-party software, automation, bots, macros, scripts, memory editors, packet manipulation, or any tool or technique that confers an unfair advantage or interferes with the intended operation of the Service;
• Engage in real-money trading of accounts, characters, currency, or items outside of channels expressly authorized by us;
• Harass, threaten, defame, stalk, impersonate, or abuse any other user or staff member, or transmit any unlawful, hateful, obscene, or otherwise objectionable content;
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, scrape, data-mine, or otherwise attempt to derive source code or underlying structures of the Service, except to the limited extent such restriction is prohibited by applicable law;
• Probe, scan, overload, disrupt, or test the vulnerability of any system or network, or circumvent any security, authentication, or rate-limiting measure;
• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable local, national, or international law or regulation.

Violation of this section may result in the immediate suspension or permanent termination of your account, forfeiture of any associated balances or items, and, where appropriate, referral to law enforcement.

“Allure Points” and all in-game currencies, items, characters, cosmetics, progression, and other virtual goods (collectively, “Virtual Items”) are licensed, not sold, to you. Virtual Items have no monetary value, do not constitute real-world currency or property, are not redeemable for cash or any item of monetary value, and confer no ownership interest of any kind. You hold only a limited, revocable license to use Virtual Items within the Service.

We retain absolute discretion to manage, regulate, modify, replace, devalue, remove, or eliminate any Virtual Item at any time, with or without notice, and without any obligation to compensate you. Virtual Items are non-transferable except as expressly permitted by us, and any rights you have in Virtual Items terminate immediately upon the closure or termination of your account or the Service.

Certain Virtual Items may be made available in exchange for payment. All payments are processed by third-party payment processors, and your use of those services is subject to their respective terms and privacy policies. We do not collect or store full payment card numbers. By initiating a purchase, you represent that you are authorized to use the selected payment method and you authorize the applicable charge, including any applicable taxes and fees.

Prices, package contents, and availability are subject to change at any time. You are responsible for any taxes, duties, or levies imposed by any taxing authority in connection with your purchase. Where you initiate a chargeback, payment reversal, or dispute in bad faith, we reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account and to revoke any associated Virtual Items.

Except where a non-waivable right to a refund is required by applicable law, all purchases are final and non-refundable, and all Virtual Items are delivered immediately and consumed upon credit to your account. Where applicable law grants you a statutory right of withdrawal or refund, you acknowledge and, to the maximum extent permitted, request that performance (delivery of Virtual Items) begin immediately, and you acknowledge that any such right may be lost once delivery has commenced.

You are solely responsible for any content you submit, transmit, or display through the Service, including character names, chat messages, and other communications (“User Content”). You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, sublicensable, and transferable license to host, store, reproduce, display, and use User Content for the purpose of operating, moderating, and improving the Service. We may, but are not obligated to, monitor, moderate, edit, or remove any User Content at our sole discretion.

All software, code, designs, configurations, and original materials that we create and make available through the Service are and remain our property or that of our licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws. Nothing in these Terms transfers to you any right, title, or interest in any intellectual property except for the limited license expressly granted herein. You may not use our names, logos, or marks without our prior written permission.

The Service may integrate with or link to third-party services, including payment processors, content delivery and security providers, email delivery providers, and community platforms such as Discord. We do not control and are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of any third party. Your interactions with such third parties are solely between you and the third party and are governed by their respective terms.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the Service, in whole or in part, at any time and for any reason or no reason, with or without notice, including for any actual or suspected violation of these Terms. Upon termination, your license to use the Service ends immediately, and you will have no right to recover any account, character, Virtual Item, balance, or data. Sections that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including those relating to Virtual Items, intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law.

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR FREE OF DATA LOSS.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL WE OR OUR OPERATORS, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, VIRTUAL ITEMS, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR TEN UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$10.00).

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless us and our operators, staff, and contributors from and against any and all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, your User Content, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any rights of any third party.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws applicable at the principal place of operation of the Service, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. You agree to first attempt to resolve any dispute informally by contacting us through our support channels. Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of that jurisdiction, to the extent permitted by applicable mandatory law that may grant you the right to bring proceedings in your place of residence.

We may revise these Terms at any time by posting an updated version, which becomes effective upon posting unless otherwise stated. Where required by law, we will provide reasonable notice of material changes. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date of any revision constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the Service.

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements. If any provision is held to be invalid or unenforceable, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision shall not constitute a waiver of that right or provision. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent; we may assign these Terms without restriction. Headings are for convenience only and have no legal effect.

Questions about these Terms may be directed to us through the support page available within the Service.