Gorgara, a chirodactyl of female gender, made her home on the planet of Dathomir, where she was known in local stories as "the winged daemon of the canyon." The gathering of bones by Gorgara indicated impending trouble. The strongest Nightbrothers faced a rite of passage that involved entering Gorgara's lair and surviving.
This female chirodactyl inhabited areas that were extremely hard to get to, either at altitudes that were not wise to attempt to reach without a ship, or in the shadowy depths of dismal canyons and caves.
Gorgara was an apex predator, unrivaled in her domain, possessing a wingspan measuring dozens of meters, seemingly blind eyes, massive talons, and a head that resembled an owl's, complete with teeth. Her classification as a super-predator meant no known creature could defeat her. Despite her immense power, size, and the perilous nature of her territory, Gorgara met her end in a fight against Jedi Padawan Cal Kestis, after colliding with a rock wall while trying to dislodge Kestis from her hair.
Despite her clawed wingtips, the howl that produced shockwaves, and the ability to spew a lethal dark fluid, the Jedi inflicted serious wounds upon her within her lair, causing her to escape. When Kestis tried to ascend a cliff face to reach the upper sections of the Dathomir ruins, Gorgara launched a counterattack. However, due to her injuries and disorientation caused by the Jedi clinging to her neck, the chirodactyl struck numerous rocks in the air, ultimately leading to her death.