Ao

The Ao (also known as Kumaraja in India and Kahaila in North America) are a vanished Varna of the Mokolé, who bred with turtles and tortoises.

The weresaurians remember that the Ao were the Varna most in tune with Mnesis. They were revered as the oldest and most wise varna by their kin. As the Ao included a large number of sea turtles, they had the most contact with the Rokea — appraising the weresharks of happenings on land, and lending an extra set of teeth and claws when the Rokea found something worth destroying.

Mokolé memories differ where and why the Ao vanished, but they agree that it started around 540 BCE. By 100, the entire Varna had vanished. Some Mokolé believe that the Unmaker had lashed out against Gaia's memory by taking her most wisest offspring, while other postulate that the Ao had been hidden by Gaia in order to survive the Apocalypse and remember the world as it had been and should be.