Privacy, plainly stated.

Information we handle

Reading Astralith stories and world pages does not require a Forge account or an age check. Interactive account features require sign-in.

• Authenticated account identity. Sign in with ChatGPT supplies an authenticated email and, when available, a stable account identifier. We use these privately to associate your Forge records, prevent impersonation, and enforce account restrictions. We do not ask you to invent an email address inside the site.
• Public profile choices. Your chosen handle, introduction, uploaded profile picture, avatar style, favorite universe, Vastus faction, Zodiac / Prime Element pairing, banner, and emblem may be associated with your account. Your chosen public identity is separate from your sign-in email. Unapproved text and picture submissions are kept as review records.
• Guild records. We store guild names and descriptions, their proposed revisions, leadership and membership, invitations and responses, alliance proposals and decisions, and creation or change times. These records let guild members manage their group and let moderators apply the community rules.
• Archive and Arcade records. Saved Codex entries, story progress, mementos, game progress, scores, rankings, challenge activity, and faction Influence may be stored so they survive later visits.
• Community and safety records. Forum posts, replies, reports, screening hints, moderation reasons and decisions, reviewer and subject account references, account restrictions, and recorded owner escalations are stored to operate and protect the community. A report is associated privately with the reporting account.
• Age and policy status. Forge account enrollment asks for a date of birth so the server can calculate whether you meet the 13+ account requirement. The date itself is not stored; Astralith retains only the account eligibility result, verification time, and policy versions you accepted.
• Security information. Limited technical information may be processed by hosting and security systems. Astralith rate controls use a one-way account key for abuse prevention rather than publishing your email.

Why we use it

We use account information to keep your Archive synchronized, attribute your chosen public identity, operate guild membership and alliances, maintain leaderboards and community records, prevent abuse, respond to reports and appeals, enforce restrictions, and keep the service reliable. We do not use a private sign-in email as a public display name. Matching a restriction against a known stable sign-in identifier helps prevent a change of email from silently lifting that restriction.

What can be public

Your public handle, approved profile introduction and picture, approved forum posts and replies, leaderboard marks, public guild membership and leadership, guild descriptions, and accepted alliances can be visible to visitors. A submission’s AI-assistance disclosure may appear with an approved post. New posts, replies, member-written profile and guild revisions, and uploaded pictures remain unpublished until human approval.

Your sign-in email and stable sign-in identifier, age-eligibility record, pending submissions, report identity, internal moderation records, and account restriction reasons are not public community content. On-site invitations and pending alliance proposals are available to the relevant recipient or guild leaders through their account workspace; they do not send external invitation emails.

Authorized moderators can review pending, rejected, and hidden material, screening notes, reports, pictures and moderation records. The submitting member can access their own permitted private submissions. Hiding content or restricting an account removes the relevant community presence from public views without automatically deleting its records.

Profile pictures are stored in restricted server storage and served through a route that checks whether the picture is approved and still attached to a visible, unrestricted profile, or whether the viewer has permitted private access. The upload process reduces pictures to supported formats and strips common embedded metadata. Avoid including private information in the visible image itself. Once an approved picture is public, another visitor may copy it; hiding it here cannot erase copies they have already saved.

Service providers and site measurement

Authentication is handled through Sign in with ChatGPT, and hosting/infrastructure providers process requests needed to deliver and protect the site. Profile pictures use the site’s private Cloudflare storage. When optional AI safety screening is enabled, submitted text such as forum titles, bodies, or public-name requests may be sent to OpenAI’s moderation service for screening. Local safeguards and the human approval queue remain in place when that service is not configured or is unavailable. This release uses human picture review and does not send profile pictures to an AI moderation service.

When automatic post translation is enabled, approved discussion titles, posts, and replies may be processed by an Astralith-operated translation service using locally installed language models. Translation does not replace an author’s original words or bypass moderation. Translated copies are cached to avoid repeating the same work, and the site checks that a post is still public before returning a translation. A short non-spoiler title may use its approved opening post as language-detection context. Account emails, private drafts, reports, and moderation notes are not sent to this service. A reader’s chosen language is saved in that browser and may be changed to “Original language” at any time.

Astralith Forgeworks uses Google Analytics for activity such as page visits, visited URLs, navigation, device category, and general traffic sources. Creator-tool actions, free download clicks, and outbound Cash App support clicks may also be measured. The site does not put editable workbench writing, sign-in emails, uploaded picture files, or card details into those event fields. An outbound support click is not proof of a completed contribution.

The Google tag is configured without advertising personalization or Google signals. These providers operate under their own applicable terms and privacy practices. Astralith Forgeworks does not sell personal information and does not currently operate a targeted-advertising program.

Retention, safety and security

We keep account and community information while it serves the operation, safety, recordkeeping, or legitimate needs of the service, subject to applicable law. Rejected and hidden submissions, restricted picture files, invitations, moderation decisions, and account restriction records may remain available to authorized reviewers for appeals, abuse investigations, or required preservation. Removing a picture from your public profile, disbanding a guild, or removing an account from participation is not an automatic erasure of all related records.

When warranted or legally required, Astralith Forgeworks may preserve and lawfully disclose relevant records to appropriate authorities in response to credible threats, suspected unlawful activity, or valid legal requests. Disclosure is limited to the information appropriate to the purpose and applicable legal requirements. A screening flag does not automatically send account information or accusations to an outside authority.

No online service can promise absolute security. Astralith Forgeworks uses access controls, restricted picture delivery, rate limits, moderation safeguards, and private account identifiers to reduce unnecessary exposure.

Children and age eligibility

Public Astralith stories, lore, world pages, public discussions, podcasts, and Arcade pages may be browsed without an age check or Forge account. Creating or using a Forge account, saving account progress, posting, reporting, and participating in connected leaderboards or other account-linked community features requires a qualifying account for visitors age 13 or older.

Your choices

You may ask about, correct, or request deletion of information tied to your Forge account by contacting dickensonavery@astralithforgeworks.com, including after an account restriction. We may need to confirm that the request comes from the account holder before acting on account data. Some records may need to remain restricted for legitimate safety, legal or preservation purposes; we will explain applicable limits when responding.

You can replace or remove your public profile picture through your account workspace and leave a guild using its membership controls. For an intimate image shared without your consent, use the intimate-image removal instructions. No Forge account is required, and you should not reattach the image to your request.

Your creations and downloads

The free Creator’s Table saves projects in this browser on this device as you create and edit them. The studio shows whether your latest changes have been saved. Your project writing is not submitted to Astralith’s servers, the forum, an AI service, your Forge account, or analytics events. Projects do not automatically synchronize between browsers or devices. Other people using the same browser may be able to access saved projects.

PDF and text downloads are generated in your browser. An editable project backup can be downloaded and imported in another browser to continue your work there; importing reads the file in that browser. A PDF is a reading or printing copy, so use the editable backup when you want to continue editing.

Browser storage can be unavailable or full, and clearing site data can erase saved projects. Check the save status before leaving, and keep your own editable backup for work you want to preserve. Downloaded files stay on your device, and the site cannot remove those copies later.

External contributions through Cash App

Choosing a Cash App support link opens an external service. The Astralith website does not collect or store your payment-card details or Cash App credentials. Information you provide there is governed by Cash App’s terms and privacy practices.

This website has no Cash App transaction feed or automatic payment confirmation. Downloads and access do not depend on contributing. If you contact us about a contribution, provide only the reference or information needed to identify the issue; do not send card details, passwords, or account access codes.

Policy changes and contact

If this policy changes materially, the public page will be updated with a new effective date and account holders may be asked to acknowledge the new version before continuing to use protected account features.

Privacy questions: dickensonavery@astralithforgeworks.com.