Are there are any traces of Fody, or its dependencies (references), in the final weaved assembly?
So this really should be Several questions
No Fody does not require any references not add any reference during ILWeaving. Nor does it require than any files be deployed to be used a runtime
Yes. Due to the nature of MSBuild and Visual studio it is very dificult to tell if an assembly has been changed as part of a build. As such Fody injects an internal interface named ProcessedByFody
into your assembly. This allows Fody to avoid double processing of assemblies. https://github.com/Fody/Fody/wiki/TaskAddsAFlagInterface
Well the obvious answer to this one is "Yes". All addins modify the target assembly in some way.
This is optional and up to the creator of the addin. While many addins have a dll to reference this is usually just to provide metadata. The addin then removes the reference at compile time. Meaning that it is not necessary to deploy that reference dll. For example https://github.com/Fody/PropertyChanged/wiki/WeavingWithoutAddingAReference
However you should check the behavior of the specific addins you are using.