Seeker question (Spoilers warning)

It also explains why Anders' buddy in DA2 felt the effects of being close, though it's a little odd that close contact with a Spirit of Justice would have a similar (if not lasting) effect. I'm only partway through Asunder, and *utterly* uncertain of the timeline here, but were any of the Tranquil drawn to Wynne for that same reason? She was a Faith Abomination, after all, so it should have been even more pronounced with her.

The reason Wynne's spirit didn't affect the tranquil around her is for the most part it was staying in the background. It was when Justice emerged in response to the attack by the Templars that Karl "felt" him. You will recall that when this happens that Anders' eyes glow, indicating the spirit has come to the fore of his consciousness where it can also touch the minds of those close to him.

What is stranger about the Seeker rite is that they speak of "branding the mind" with lyrium but there is nothing visible to show this, unless the spirit of faith automatically "heals" the mark when it bonds with them. It would also seem to me that effectively the Seeker is in fact a non-mage abomination, if the definition of such is someone whose mind is linked with a spirit. It cannot simply be a one off encounter or why would they have the powers they do? Surely it is the spirit that protects their mind from intrusion and enables them to do other things like setting the lyrium aflame in the blood of a mage.   Either that or apparently the Seekers have discovered the means of effectively turning a non-mage into a mage since setting the lyrium aflame is very similar to the blood mage spell Blood Wound where the mage boils the blood in their victim.

I suppose, not similar, rather the same. A spirit is a spirit. The difference is Anders, I think, that fact, that Justice was bound to Anders' body.

Yes, any spirit able to restore the connection to the Fade, I suppose. Justice's touch was not direct, (I imagine Anders body as a veil/wall, depends on that Justice's active or not), and not directed to Karl. When Anders went closer to Karl, Justice already retired.
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Anders was not really paranoid, at least his "paranoia" was supported by the truth: with Meredith's paranoia. This was not Justice, this was the fact, that Meredith eliminated the Mage Underground and Tranquilized Mages "randomly" "due of a love letter", or less "sins" (Cullen, in Inquisition).
His obsession to his cause can be related to Justice: in fact, this was their goal with merging. Justice doesn't let him forget his cause or let himself to get distracted. The love relationship ("obsession with you") is more difficult, but I can explain similarily: In one hand, this love is a distraction, in another hand, Justice wants to experience the love relationship, because of Kristof's memory-fragments – and this is a danger zone to Justice: a desire.
Anders–Justice banter in Awakening:

So, yes, Justice damaged, but not necessarily twisted. It depends on the interpretation, but in fact, he was never a kind spirit, as for example the Spirit of Compassion – and never forget: Cole in his own way was cruel, in the eyes of the mortal men, for example when he wanted to kill that suffering man, because he just saw the suffer, not the possible chances.

Wynne and her Spirit of Faith lived in greater harmony: Wynne had real faith and she did not incline to be a zealot. (I didn't read the Asunder, so I don't know, she lost her faith ever.)

Mmm, I don't remember about the fight with the Lord Seeker and Cassandra well enough to remember if he was using Seeker-tree powers. I wouldn't be surprised if Spirits of Faith are more tied to the emotion itself rather than a *specific* faith, so the only way to corrupt a Seeker really would be to subvert and twist that sense of belief. I do think, however, that maybe the form the powers took would be relative to what your specific beliefs were upon *initial* bonding with the spirit.

I'm listening to it, I got it from my library on audio - it's really good so far and I'm only partway into chapter 4. 

I'd think Desire Demons would be more likely without Tranquility, especially since the need/desire in the 'Seeking' of Truth would be particularly powerful. Ann all-you-can-eat buffet of Desire, if you will. But depending on the Seeker, Pride or Greed could be just as tempted.

True, maybe it's just assurance they don't meet any demon forms at all.. Being Tranquil erases one of any sense of desire or greed, so they are doing it purposefully to become as pure as possible, to attract a pure spirit.

Except spirits aren't supposed to be able to see the Tranquil, so we are probably missing something.

Pride is supposed to be one of the most powerful in the hierarchy of demons, if not the most powerful, and then Desire is up there as well. So Faith spirits are probably among the most powerful, on the spirit side, if they correspond to Pride.

Wait, I got it...faith in the unseen. It could be that faith is the first emotion and first spirit a Tranquil could potentially see? But only if they were pure enough. We know it's possible to fail the Seeker ritual, as apparently the first mage they let into their order did. I guess that mage just remained Tranquil then and unable to use magic. That could have led to a bias against mages, if they thought they were more prone to failure or attracting demons.

They don't need to directly attracted by the Tranquil, someone can call them, or?
Wilmod possessed because the blood mages summoned the demon. Kitty was possessed by a desire demon, and I don't think, that a cat would be very attractive for them.

Depends on what, how strong is a spirit/demon? If the "popularity" is the reason, then the Rage and the Sloth could be very strong. True, the sloth doesn't have any urge to do anything to possess anyone but wait for someone search them in the Fade (Feynriel), and ask someone to help.

If the blood mages wouldn't so idiots, Hawke doesn't have any reason to support the Templars. They needed a very strong reason to show that inherently evil system somehow acceptable, especially the Kirkwall Circle.

On the other hand: If we see the circumstances: almost every mage has gone mad inside the Circle, and/or by the Circle.
Olivia: gone mad by the persecution (and probably wasn't too educated because Thrask consider the Circle unacceptable – for his daughter, ofc.)
Huon: gone mad inside the Circle, at home, with his wife, he was totally sober.
Evelina: gone mad by the persecution and the hopelessness.
Orsino: gone mad inside the Circle, by the hopelessness.
And let's see the evil ones:
Tarohne: clearly evil, but her rage and actions directed only towards the Templars.
Decimus: tried to protect his own fellows.
Grace: extremely vengeful. Just as Sebastian. True, Sebastian not a mage.
Quentin: escaped Starkhaven Mage. He was inside the Circle when his wife died? And he's clearly a madman, a serial killer. 

And never forget: Hawke not a simple non-mage, his/her father, sister is an apostate. Hawke never unbiased. Even Carver, if become Warden, wonder, if Hawke supports the Templars (in fact he's is rather upset). Hawke's not a Cousland.

Of course this just a very pro-mage opinion. The crazy blood mages are very dangerous, but supporting a dangerous madwoman with an army seems wrong. I did it but felt uncomfortable.

I think Asunder suggested that for a spirit to "touch the mind" of someone to break Tranquility, that requires active possession to take place. Pharamond needed to be possessed by a demon before he was cured, while the Seekers are implied to have had their Tranquility broken by being bonded with a Spirit of Faith, turning them into (unaware) benign abominations.

(Cole even refers to Cassandra several times as "Faith" while referring to himself as "Compassion" in the same sentence, seemingly confirming that she may have a Spirit dwelling within her. Would further explain why Wynne claimed that Spirits of Faith are rare, because they're actually being bogarted by the Seekers)

As said above, Karl only recovered temporarily due to exposure to Justice manifesting. Once Justice subsided and Anders took back control, the effect quickly wore off and Karl returned to his state of Tranquility. If Karl had been possessed (even temporarily), it would have cured him permanently as Pharamond was.

Actually it makes me wonder if Pharamond figured the cure from studying various reports of Tranquil mages regaining their senses near Spirits/Demons or in places where the Veil is thin or torn.

This was something I wish they'd explored more in Inquisition, whether the Breach or proximity to the Rifts could have "restored" Tranquil individuals temporarily as a side-effect. Could have provided some great moral quandaries, whether or not to close a Rift and doom a group of "cured" Tranquil camped nearby to a fate worse than death?