Years of the Vulture (Onaway)

The Years of the Vulture was a period of the rule of Tikhusue, King of Onaway, which was marked by social and political turmoil, extrajudicial and state-sponsored violence against dissidents and pro-democracy activists, and a repressive, authoritarian royal dictatorship.

This period began in 1546, launched by the lynching of then-Chancellor Hugo Dwyer and the subsequent military coup that deposed the reigning left-wing government. It concluded with the death of Tikhusue and the subsequent election of Sugmuk to the monarchy, and the following Onawean constitutional restoration after the Five-Day Coup which attempted to halt it in 1578. While scholars debate the exact period of this era in Onawean history, the generally-accepted range is between 1546 and 1577, though at its most ranges from Tikhusue's election in 1544 to the adoption of the Port Cheasaning Constitution in 1581.

Background
A number of social, political, and economic currents converged in the 1540s that allowed popular support to more easily form in favor of an otherwise repressive state authority over the course of the lifetime of the Second Kingdom of Onaway. The most longstanding issues generally were based on those surrounding the role of the military in the government and in Onawean society at large.

Sectarian Crisis

 * Main article: Onawean Sectarian Crisis

Coup of 1546

 * Main article: Onawean Coup of 1546

Five-Day Coup

 * ''Main article: 1578 Onawean Coup

Constitutional restoration

 * Main article: Onawean constitutional restoration