Torrissio is a mage of Moonshade on the Serpent Isle. He is an arrogant and very unpleasant man. Many either fear or dislike him. Many years before, Torrissio managed to weasel himself out of the whole Vasculio affair despite his deep involvement. This earned him Vasculio's wrath, who in return stole his wand, the Philanderer's Friend. Later, Torrissio discovered the secret of how to repair old Automatons from the time of the Ophidians and gained false fame by declaring them to be his invention. One of the re-animated Automatons was Petra and he treated her so bad that Rocco had to make a bogus deal with him, so that she'd be away from his mistreatment.