[Maybe. He was able to stop Lambert from hurting mages like Rhys anymore, at least. But he didn't have anything to do with Cole.]

[Desire. He'd said something about that before, hadn't he?]

Yes. There are a lot of people who feel that way, too. There was a Tranquil who found out how to fix himself, but a demon took him and killed everyone. The Templars wanted to make him tranquil again. He wanted to die instead.

[In otherwords, even the Tranquil might prefer death, if they were capable of it.]

I don't think it's as common anymore, now that the mages rebelled and the Elder One turned the Templars red.

[Medieval fantasy life is wild.]