Gore Claw was a male Esh-kha patriarch who was imprisoned on the planet Belsavis by the Infinite Empire with the rest of his kind after their defeat by the Rakata in the distant past. While trapped in stasis, he and other Esh-kha were accidentally awakened from the Ancient Prison Caverns when the Sith Empire attacked the Galactic Republic prison on Belsavis. Upon being freed, the Esh-kha began attacking both the Sith and Republic forces in an attempt to eliminate them whilst finding a means to escape into the wider galaxy.