Oro City Insurrection

The **Oro City Insurrection**, also known as the **Riots of Oro City** or the **JA40 Riots**, was a series of riots and protests caused by King Jean-Alphonse's Ghetto Decree. Many people, inside and outside the ghetto, were unhappy with the recent segregation and began to protest the rules. Prince Arthur noticed the recent uprisings and with permission from the King, started the Royal Police Force. Prince Arthur predicted a riot would start and began to mobilize.

## Uprising

### Riots in Downtown

At midnight, thousands of rioters took it to the streets, destroying everything they thought to be a relic of the monarchy and the government. The protesters burned all of the small shops they considered "loyal to the monarchy" and destroyed statues of the King. Prince Arthur immediately mobilized the Police Force and stationed them near the Ghetto and on the streets. King Jean-Alphonse broadcasted to Oro City stating that the rebellion was nothing more than a "futile attempt to satisfy their radical needs" and that they were to be declared illegal. Prince Arthur's police force was split in half after rioters attacked the Royal Palace, setting most of it ablaze. The King and Royal Family were able to escape unharmed and the Royal Guard was called to aid the Police Force.

As the rioters closed in on the Ghetto, many people residing in the ghetto cheered the rioters and began to turn on the Ghetto guards. However, many people in the ghettos remained loyal. The LGBT sector was the most rebellious, as most of them turned on the Ghetto Guards. The Grootist and Illegal Immigrant Sectors remained loyal and quiet throughout the Insurrection. As the Police Force approached the ghetto, in a strange turn of events, the Rioters themselves got stuck in the Ghetto and the Guards and Police were pushed out.

### Siege of the Ghetto

With the LGBT Sector under Riot control, they barricaded themselves inside and purged the remaining loyal LGBT members inside the ghetto. Some managed to escape to safety outside and were temporarily transferred to the Grootist sector but many ended up dying due to the purge. After three hours, King Jean-Alphonse met up with Prince Arthur and devised a plan to force the rioters to surrender.

At exactly 4 in the morning, the Police Force and the SWAT team launched a full-on attack on the front of the ghetto, which drew the rioters to the front to attack. However, the Royal Guard and the Ghetto Guards in the Grootist sector leapt over the Ghetto walls to the LGBT sector and ambushed them. King Jean-Alphonse reportedly told the soldiers to "take them alive", but many police officers ended up massacring them. The leader of the insurrection was captured and beheaded at Douleur Execution Square and many of the rioters were imprisoned. Loyalist LGBT members inside the ghetto were never harmed by the consequences and were treated well due to their loyalty. An estimate of 75% LGBT members were loyalists to the King, while the other 25% were loyal to the revolution.

### Aftermath

The next day, Prince Arthur made a public broadcast about the horrors of the riots. It was specifically stated this was not a "charge against LGBT people". A week later, King Jean-Alphonse permitted LGBT members to leave the ghetto for Oro Leone. Many people living in the ghetto moved to Oro Leone and started new lives on the African countryside, while some stayed back in Oro City.

A month after the Relocation of LGBT members to Oro Leone, the remainder of the LGBT sector was liquidated and remaining members of the community were allowed to live in obscurity. King Jean-Alphonse made an announcement to the LGBT community that if any "coming out" was to happen within Aurum-Chrysos, they would be exiled to Oro Leone or even executed. Since then, LGBT members have lived among the citizens without revealing their identity.