General Gato was part of a brotherhood formed by his three brothers and sister to conquer the world. During the brotherhood's existence, Gato's Brother Yaotl discovered a constellation known as the Stars of Kicaan which would align every three-thousand years to open a portal to another dimension. During a battle between Yaotl's army and a Central American civilization, Yaotl used a wheel-like artifact to open the portal, but had a cost: General Gato, along with his sister and two of his brothers were turned to stone and thirteen monsters were summoned to Earth. The monsters quickly wiped out both Yaotl's army and his opponent. Yaotl himself was left cursed with immortality.