Unlike last time, this is a different entity; if I hit it, only it takes damage, I can walk into it and swap places, etc. Lucky for me it is tuned to 'friendly.' That is probably because you are default friendly to yourself anyway though (mouse over yourself.)

I didn't try killing it because while I suspect I'd be fine, it isn't worth risking just for info.
Edits:
Left and returned: still there.
NOTE: being in the fortress with him there is MASSIVE LAG. I have a very powerful computer with 8gigs of ram and a high end graphics card but even it is slowed to the point each step of autopath is clearly visible (it is normally almost instant blink to location)
The rest of my comp is typical speed though; the lag is ToME only.