A child was killed. ...at least that's what we were told. The events that followed her death were planned, so it was no accident, if it happened at all. Either way, someone either fabricated the murder of a child, or used and orchestrated a child's death as a tool to incite violence.

[And by the hard edge in Keith's tone, that's pretty unforgivable.]

Economic disparity seemed the biggest issue. In the end the two factions were the palace guards and a group called the Syndicate who ran most of the underground businesses. Most people were caught in the crossfire.