What kind of personality do you have planned for him? To me he looks like a possibly shy and shuttering creature who's always out of sight. Perhaps a visual of him looking through a plane of glass in an abandoned building/castle? Or maybe an embroidered portrait with him sitting in a chair with a straight posture and some old-timey clothing looking casually at the viewer paired with some fancy brass looking borders around the edges of the screen. Didn't mean to go so heavily descriptive, but that's just what i'm personally envisioning.
I don't remember reading the story, so I couldn't say.
Based on the name "claw" alone though, I feel it should be something cold, or even gelatinous - maybe even epileptic.
The fur especially, sells this feeling, plus the robe...
... I just realized I'm thinking of a Yeti X>
That last one im liking the sound of