Editing Belle Époque salon (section)

====Conflicts====

'''The People’s Arenas vs. The Elite Sporting Clubs '''
*Les Arènes du Peuple (The People’s Arenas)** promote **fair play and working-class access to sports**.  
*The Société Royale du Sport (Royal Society of Sport)** is **a club of aristocrats** who control major **boxing and horse-racing events**, ensuring **working-class athletes never rise too high**.  
**Conflict:**  
*The Royal Society bribes referees to ensure their members win competitions.  
*Underground ''"commoner-only" tournaments'' defy their rule, leading to violent crackdowns.  
*Some fighters from ''Les Arènes'' infiltrate elite clubs, exposing corruption and betting scandals.  

'''La Flamme du Métier vs. The Industrial Barons'''
 
*La Flamme du Métier (The Flame of the Trade) pushes for worker rights, apprenticeships, and ethical labor practices. The League of Industrial Barons**, controlled by wealthy factory owners, seeks to crush unions and silence dissidents.  
'''''Conflicts'''''
*When workers attempt to strike, the Barons hire enforcers to break up meetings.  
*Secret "midnight sabotage missions" led by union sympathizers result in machinery mysteriously failing overnight.  
*University students caught between both groups, with some choosing reform through education and others choosing revolution through direct action.  

'''Le Grand Bal du Quartier vs. The True Aristocracy'''
*Le Grand Bal du Quartier (The Grand Ball of the District) is a mock nobility movement where commoners adopt fake titles to expose aristocratic hypocrisy.  
*The Old Nobility, backed by Royalist politicians and secret police, sees them as a dangerous insult to tradition.  
**Conflict:**  
*Masked ''"aristocrats"'' from the Grand Ball infiltrate real noble gatherings, leading to scandalous social embarrassment.  
*The '''Duchess of the Factories''', an influential labor leader, is kidnapped by agents of the nobility to force workers back into compliance.  
*Underground masquerade balls turn into political uprisings, where speeches against aristocratic rule ignite small revolts.  

'''Secret Society Involvement & Escalation'''
*L’Ordre du Sceau d’Occiberge (Order of the Sigil of Occiberge) is divided—some sorcerers side with the workers, while others serve the nobility.  
*Rogue elements of '''Les Alchimistes de l’Obscur''' begin arming dissidents with alchemically-enhanced weapons.  
*A young dragon sympathetic to L Grand Bal is discovered posing as a human noble, creating a major scandal among the elite.