Gor’kla was lucky to be in the outer rim when the purge(order 66) happened and while he was to young to remember it his master the human, Master Virdan, told him about it, Virdan took teaching the then young Gor’kla everything he could, that lasted for nearly 10 years until Vader’s inquisitors got to them. Virdan bought enough time for Gor’kla to escape. After that Gor’kla concentrated more on the art of the lightsaber, it took him 5 years until he found his place on the planet Alerath where he made his home far enough away from one of the cities not to be disturbed but close enough if he needed to get there. There he started meditating and communing with the local wildlife. There he spent his time in self imposed exile until the Jedi or the force would call him. He spent years learning and mastering both himself and his powers. Years later he felt he needed to get in the city and he stumbled upon a force sensitive Chiss child being threatened by a group of thugs. Not all listed on his warnings and he killed some of them, he learned that child’s name was Charan’althari’ather who became his student.

His faith in the Jedi code is unfaltering and his belief that the Knowledge of the Jedi should be brought forward for all to know, at least the harmless parts

Believing in the code of the old Jedi he holds his discipline strictly to the degree he knows he should be more flexible, just like he always tries to solve it with words even when he knows it won’t do any good.

He wares traditional Jedi robes, the feathers are mostly light grey with lines of dark grey or black covering both hands and face, one can assume that they follow through down his back. The rarely seen lightsaber is seen on his right hip