1 · WHAT THE EVENT IS

The Alliance Siege Cup awards a USDC prize pool (on Base) to the alliances that capture and hold the Citadel over a fixed event window. Scoring is fully server-verified from the Citadel siege archive. There is nothing to submit and nothing to screenshot.

2 · ALLIANCE SCORING

• Every time a district's battle window resolves inside the event window, the alliance holding that district at the close scores the published district points. A successful defense scores exactly the same as a capture. Taking a district and keeping it are the same act of control.
• A resolution of the Ashen Throne scores the published (higher) Throne points. While the Throne is locked under a reigning alliance, the ruler instead collects a Crown Tithe worth the same Throne points once per full rotation held.
• Every point traces to a siege-archive or tithe record; standings on the events page update live from those records. The ECHO system alliance and NPC accounts can never rank or win.
• An alliance needs at least the published minimum number of distinct participants (fighters or garrison holders) during the window to be eligible.

3 · PRIZES & MEMBER SPLITS

• The prize table (per final alliance rank) is published on the events page before the event starts.
• Who is eligible for a share: members who fought at least one siege battle for the alliance in the window, or garrisoned a district the alliance held for at least the published minimum time.
• Base share: the published base percentage of the alliance prize splits equally among all eligible members. Everyone who showed up gets a floor.
• Contribution share: the remainder splits pro-rata by contribution: siege battle score plus garrison hold time at the published hourly rate. No single member can receive more than the published maximum share of their alliance's prize.
• A member's battles and garrison time count for the alliance they belonged to at the time of each act. Switching alliances mid-event does not move earned contribution.
• Shares are paid in USDC on Base, rounded down to the cent.

4 · CLAIMING & GETTING PAID

• After the event ends, results go through a manual fair-play review, then shares are released for claiming on the events page.
• You claim with a verified Base wallet linked to your game account. Claiming locks your share to that wallet for payment. Unclaimed shares expire after the published claim window and roll into the next event's pool.
• One wallet can collect at most one share per event, no matter how many accounts point at it.
• Every payment is published on the payout log with its Base transaction hash, so anyone can verify it on Basescan.

5 · FAIR PLAY

• Multi-accounting, win-trading, feeding, collusion between alliances, or any coordinated manipulation of siege battles voids the involved accounts' and alliances' eligibility. We review battle patterns before every payout.
• Accounts sanctioned for abuse forfeit pending and future event prizes.
• Operator decisions on eligibility and disqualification are final.

6 · ELIGIBILITY

• You must be old enough to lawfully receive cryptocurrency prizes where you live, and events are void where prohibited by local law.
• Ashen Throne team members and contractors are not eligible.
• Prizes have no cash-alternative obligation on our side beyond the USDC transfer itself; taxes are the recipient's responsibility.

Questions? Ask in Discord or mail admin@ashenthr.one.