The Functionalist "Utopia"

Category:Alternate Universes
== General Information ==
The Functionalist Utopia is a dystopian AU that I have had for a while, and that I eventually ended up making a role-play about.
The Alternate Universe stuff ends up happening about 75 years after the events of Book 10, so around 5,087 years after The Scorching. The HiveWings, SilkWings and LeafWings have migrated partially to Pyrrhia, about 20% of each tribe. The Othermind was destroyed presumably at the end of Book 15.
The system of government is now mostly democratic, and partially a meritocracy, with dragons being promoted based on skill and such.
Each dragon tribe has a different assigned "Function" that they carry out. For instance, if you're a LeafWing, you would use your Leafspeak and become a farmer. If you are a SeaWing you'd be a Fisher. A MudWing becomes a general laborer, etc. etc.
The Functionalist government is controlled by ten dragons who form a "High Council." Each member of the council is a member of a different tribe, so there is one from each tribe on the Council. They so the stuff like pass laws and generally make decisions, though they do take the general input of the populace.
(Note: History section is simplified. Not Oversimplified, but just Simplified.)
== History ==
=== Early Years (5,080 AS to 5,087 AS) ===
==== The Start of the Ideology ====
The Functionalist ideology was originally put together by a few dragons, but the ones most commonly attributed with the creation of it are the IceWing Muskox, the RainWing Papaya and the NightWing Starweaver. They were the dragons who brought the idea of dragons being rewarded based on the work they did and not the social standing to the general population of Pyrrhia.
The ideology itself started in the Rainforest, due to the presence of both the NightWing and RainWing tribes. Starweaver was a notable advisor to the queen of the RainWings, Queen Lemur, second only to Battleseer (who had been in the position for years and years), and Papaya was a store owner.
They met each other after Papaya went to ask the Queen if she could leave the rainforest to sell there, which the queen accepted. Starweaver saw an opportunity and asked the Queen if she could go as well, to which she also agreed.
And so, Papaya and Starweaver left the rainforest so Papaya could sell her wares. They got to know each other quite well over their time together, and eventually ended up agreeing that dragons should be given their positions based on merit.
Being as ambitious as she was, Starweaver thought it would be a good idea to get other dragons on their side. Papaya opposed the idea, thinking that it was a terrible idea because they'd be executed for sedition. Starweaver eventually won her over, however, and the two of them decided to see if anyone agreed with them.
The first place they ended up going was the city of Possibility, which had noticeably grown over the past 70-ish years. It was here that Starweaver and Papaya met the third member of their motley crew, Muskox, the public speaker of the group.
Papaya and Starweaver started out by asking the dragons who came to their shared stall about what they thought about the government. Papaya would give ask the questions, and Starweaver occasionally gave dragons little sheets of paper that told of a meeting place.
On the days of these first few meetings, only a few dragons came. They were typically held in lower parts of the city to avoid suspicion, and tended to be rather annoying to those who came, which really wasn't a good thing for Starweaver and Papaya. Muskox, however, ended up staying, and offered to make the speeches instead.
Somewhat desperate to keep dragons coming, the two dragons agreed, and Muskox began delivering the speeches written for him. Being a rather talented public speaker, the dragons who came to the meetings started coming for the next ones and the ones after those.
The group had found a pretty good dynamic at this point. Papaya would ask dragons what they thought of the government at her and Starweaver's stall, and Starweaver would give them directions to the next meeting place if they sounded like they agreed with their philosophy. The three dragons would then construct speeches that Muskox would read at meetings to elaborate on the group's ideas.
This was the strategy that they utilized at Possibility, where they then moved along to Sanctuary. The city wasn't as developed as Possibilty, but still had improved in the years since its founding. Papaya and Starweaver set up their shop as they had before, and Muskox bought the group a house to live in for their stay in Sanctuary.
They used an almost identical strategy as before, except they now tailored their speeches more towards the general demographic of the city they were in (Mostly IceWings), citing that it would be something like the Circle system that they were already quite familiar with.
==== The Appearance of Condor ====
The other major player in this history is a SkyWing by the name of Condor. A son of a terribly treated war veteran, Condor believed that the Functionalist ideology truly was a good one, and far superior to the current monarchy. He went to the majority of the meetings in Possibility, and was initially a good friend of Muskox, though he didn't follow the group to Sanctuary.
The only problem was that he thought that the main group's idea of gradually spreading the ideology was absolutely terrible, and would never accomplish what they wanted to get done. So, like most beings in his position, he resorted to terrorism.
Condor decided that he would pick up where the original group had left off, and formed his own "splinter-faction" of sorts, one made primarily of SkyWings and IceWings. These dragons were more prone to violence than most of the followers pf the ideology, which Condor picked them specifically for.
One of their first major acts was the bombing of a building that was owned by a known supporter of the monarchies of Pyrrhia, a MudWing named Armtatus. Armatus was unharmed by the blast, but it cost him nearly all of his possessions.
Thus, Condor's group got their own sect of the Functionalist off the ground. Their version was more in favor of just removing the monarchy as opposed to actually making a meritocracy, unlike Starweaver, Papaya and Muskox's version.
==== A Clash of Tactics ====
Not wanting to seem like actual, genuine lunatics, the original group tried to completely distance itself from Condor. On the other hand, Condor kept trying to tie his group back to theirs, in an effort to both draw more dragons to the cause and to gain some form of notoriety that he hoped would get them farther as a result.
Condor and his faction continued their terrorism, this time going for even bigger targets, in particular, the SandWing Palace. This plan was kept a secret, and the inductions into Condor's group entirely stopped for the month or so that the planning occurred in. This clued most sane dragons in that they were thinking of something, which of course they were.
==== Major Outcomes ====
===== The Destruction of the SandWing Government =====
In 5,085 A.S, in the middle of a sweltering summer, Condor and his group set the dragonflame cacti and got ready for nighttime. When it came, well, let's just say that there was a show of fireworks. The resulting explosions, at least 20 of them, managed to collapse the entirety of the west wing of the palace, cause a shockwave that rippled all the way to Jade Mountain and killed about 100 dragons in the palace, including soldiers, government officials, various other dragons, two of the three princesses and the queen herself.
It was a crippling blow to the SandWing Kingdom, one that it would never fully recover from.
Condor ended up surviving the initial blasts, but was wounded in the process. He was captured by some of the survivors and was executed the very next day. The method by which he was executed varies based on what you read, though the most common versions are that his wings were removed and that he was hanged from the remains of the SandWing palace or that he was run through with a sizable number of spears and then hanged. 
The majority of his followers were killed in the explosions, but they had gone out with a bang, so to speak.
===== The Convincing of the RainWing Queen =====
Just before Condor's faction wrecked the SandWing Government, the Functionalist ideas became known to the current RainWing Queen, Parakeet. She thought that they were actually pretty good ideas, and actually hired Papaya as an advisor on how to best employ the ideas.
This meant the Papaya had to leave Starweaver and Muskox, but they supported her leaving because it would be a massive victory for them, as it would possibly allow their ideas to spread even farther. thus, Papaya left the group to go back to the rainforest.
This ended up giving the group a sizable amount of extra credibility, as Functionalist policies were implanted in RainWings society. The new laws dictated a few things:
* Dragons are to be tested when they reach seven years of age. Depending on which category they score highest in (intelligence, speed, strength, compassion), they will go into different professions.
** If the dragons scores high in two categories, they will be allowed to choose what profession they go into.
** Those who score high in strength evaluations will go into more laborious jobs, or will become soldiers.
** Dragons who score high in compassion usually go into doctor work.
** High scores in intelligence examinations can lead to a myriad of different outcomes:
*** You can become a government official.
*** An officer in the army if you score high in both strength and intelligence examinations.
*** Several others.
* Dragons who decide not to take the exams typically become merchants and such.
==== Mobilization and Negotiations ====
The SandWings were already well aware of the dragon that had killed their queen, having caught and executed him essentially the day after he blew their stability to bits. Their new queen, Queen Colubrid, had to take the throne due to her mother's assassination, and was vehemently against the Functionalist Ideology, seeing as it was the reason why Condor bombed the palace. 
This wasn't a great thing, because it meant that Colubrid immediately turned her eyes on the Rain and NightWings, who had pretty quickly adopted Functionalist policies. Fearing another attack from them, Colubrid began mobilizing her armies in 5,086 AS.
Not wanting another war so soon after the War of SandWing Succession, the RainWings decided to open up negotiations. A few of the other tribes decided to join in, possibly to impose some terms on either kingdom that could benefit themselves.
Once all was said, the SandWings, RainWings, NightWings, SkyWings and IceWings came to the negotiating table. It took roughly a year, but in 5,087 AS, the negotiations were complete. The SandWing kingdom would not attack the RainWings, but they were to be given a monthly shipment of fruits and such as reparations for the death of their queen.
=== Middle Years (5,087 A.S-5099 A.S) ===
The next 12 years were relatively uneventful, mostly it was just the main Functionalist group spreading their ideology around Pyrrhia. Additionally, the remains of Condor's splinter-faction, made primarily of more moderate dragons, attempted to make peace with the main faction.
The Kingdoms were converted in this order:
* Rainforest Kingdom: The idea tended to appeal to the NightWings, who tended to have lower positions due to suspicions of treason. Additionally, the new Queen was rather impressionable, and decided to try it out.
* Hive/Silk/LeafWings: They were relatively unorganized, and a system like the new one would actually keep them in one piece. Probably.
* MudWings: Same reasons as the RainWings, except they were generally seen as idiots by everyone.
*SeaWings: Rather open to the philosophy but just hard to reach due to their positioning in the Deep Palace.
*SkyWings: Convinced after quite a bit of...well, convincing. They still rejected most of the ideas and policies, but adopted most of the basic stuff.
*IceWings: They accepted the ideology, but took a while to accept it due to the fact that they saw it as rather similar to their current system of meritocracy.
*SandWings: The last tribe to adopt the ideology, they only accepted it after Queen Colubrid was convinced by her advisors, due to the fact that they were the only tribe that hadn't taken it up yet.
=== Later Years: (5100 A.S-Present) ===
==== The First Council: ====
The Queens of their respective tribes soon decided that it would be best to make a council, and make decisions like treaties and mediating disputes there. They also allowed a couple delegates from the original Functionalist Factions to join them, as they actually knew what the ideology should be like. The first ever Functionalist Council was made up of:
* Queen Colubrid of the SandWings.
* Queen Titanis of the SkyWings.
* Queen Seaweed of the SeaWings.
* Queen Parakeet of the RainWings and NightWings.
* Queen Aurora of the IceWings.
* Queen Peat of the MudWings.
* Revuiid, a delegate for the HiveWings.
* Swallowtail, a delegate for the SilkWings.
* Manchineel, a delegate for the LeafWings.
* Battleseer, a delegate for the NightWings.
* Starweaver, a delegate of the original Functionalist Group.
* Hardshell, a delegate of the Rouge Functionalist Group and Condor's successor.
==== The Start of Democracy ====
After the death of Queen Seaweed, who was extremely old, an interesting question was brought up. What would be the method of succession?
Seaweed's daughter, Princess Sailfish, felt that the original line of Royal Succession would be the best idea, and so did the rest off the tribe. Unfortunately for them, however, everyone else either saw this as an opportunity or the SeaWings refusing to move on.
The Council came together and decided that the next SeaWing Queen would be an elected official for the tribe. The majority of the SeaWings were fine with this, although a few broke away from the tribe to select their own monarch, that being Sailfish.
The elections were held and eventually another SeaWing was elected, one named Polyp. She was a noticeably timid dragon, but still served her purpose on the council.
==== The First Elected Council ====
It didn't take much longer for the other queens to die. No one was able to find out how they were killed, though the most popular theory is that they were assassinated. Elections took place in the kingdoms, and a new Council was formed. The new one consisted of:
* Cobra the SandWing.
* Mindweaver the NightWing, the youngest of the Council.
* Mako the SeaWing.
* Peahen the RainWing.
* Muskox, who had been elected by his tribe.
* Revuiid the HiveWing, who hadn't died.
* Grapevine the LeafWing.
* Moth the SilkWing.
* Swamp the MudWing, the oldest of the Council.
* Misfire the SkyWing.
This new council chose fully unite the kingdoms for the first time ever, which, while it caused a ton of chaos, eventually settled into a mostly coherent landscape.
==== The New Functions ====
Considering that the Kingdoms had now all been united into one "Super-Kingdom," the kingdoms needed some new structuring for their citizens. So, the Council came together to establish new jobs for their citizens.
Trade negotiations had been established with Pantala, so the Council worked to put together teams to take ships to them.
The new functions were established after about two years after the Kingdoms were united. They were as follows:
* Any dragon could become a sailor/merchant. All Ships were required to have at least two IceWings and two SeaWings, as well as one dragon of Pantalan descent, with a crew of up to 15 dragons. The IceWings would keep the goods from spoiling, the SeaWings would chart the way, and the Pantalan dragon would speak with the recipients.
* MudWings became general laborers, or basically construction workers. They could be hired to build homes, some worked in the shipyards to, well, to build ships, others worked in building larger structures. They also became miners, mostly due to their immense strength.
* SandWings, due to their unique natures, did not actually have a proper function at first, but later became dragons who would patrol the desert for traitors and just generally dragons that needed aid.
* LeafWings were quickly slotted into the roles of farmers, working near the Diamond Spray Delta to grow various crops like wheat for the continent using Leafspeak. They also ended up taking the ranching duty from the HiveWings.
* SilkWings, using their silks, became doctors to help tend the wounded. Some SilkWings also joined the MudWings as general laborers.
* SkyWings, like the SandWings, didn't have a proper function at first, but found a home as postage workers.
* The SeaWings quickly found their places as fishers for the continent.
* The HiveWings, while initially starting off as ranchers of sorts, eventually left that duty and became enforcers, making sure that other major tasks were completed as they should. Due to their general versatility, however, HiveWings also fit into various miscellaneous jobs, like the police force.
* IceWings, however, were made enforcers from the start.
* RainWings became more stealthy dragons, and branched off into being merchants and spies for other dragons. For a fee, obviously.
* NightWings tended to become prominent scientists, along with their RainWing counterparts. Some became assassins for hire, though these were and still are partially outlawed. That being said, that law is not as...heavily enforced as others.
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== Miscellaneous ==
=== Key Players ===
==== Starweaver ====
==== Muskox ====
==== Papaya ====
==== Condor ====
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