He is a Twine Wars viewpoint character written by Mutt.
Tortile is an Instarrian. [This is NOT an authorised portrait.]
He's a friendly sort. Very interested in people.
Like his fellow monks, he doesn't have a proper name. Instead he has been given a meaningful word, which he translates for whichever aliens he's dealing with. Tortile, he says, means flexible and twisty: it's related to 'distort' and 'contort'.
Tortile likes words.
Mutt test-drove him a couple of times on inn boards. He was first seen properly at Roofrats.