Council of Twenty Two

The Council of Twenty Two is the future council of the Aiel in one of Aviendha's visions through the Glass columns.
Speculatively, the number twenty-two would match a Wise One and Clan chief for eleven out of the twelve traditional clans. It's likely that the Shaido no longer existed as a clan after their defeat in Malden and Padra's later point of view recalls "all eleven Clan Chiefs" in attendance decades earlier. The Companion notes that the Shaido "dispersed in many directions", giving some credit to this theory. From Ladalin's point of view, we know that both Wise Ones and Clan Chiefs attended. The Council is not mentioned in The Wheel of Time Companion. 
Its time-frame is likewise unknown. Ladalin notes, however, that Takai was in attendance at the Council and that he was "the third chief of the Miagoma in as many years". If he attended in the capacity of a Clan Chief, this would place it as occurring less than a year before the fall of the White Tower and around twenty years after the Seanchan capture of the Andoran war machines. This would also imply that the fall of the Aiel was extremely swift as, by the time of Ladalin's vision, only five Aiel Clans remained and only "three clan chiefs and two Wise Ones... remained of the Council of Twenty-Two." Again, this would have been within a year of the Council.
On the other hand, if Takai attended in another capacity, it may have been much longer before the later meeting of survivors.
==Known Participants==
The last surviving, and only known, members of the Council are:
*Ladalin, Wise One of the Taardad Aiel and Aviendha's descendant.
*Mora, Wise One of the Goshien Aiel
*Takai, Clan Chief of the Miagoma Aiel
*Tamaav, Clan Chief of unknown clan
*Jorshem, Clan Chief of unknown clan
The last two were not chiefs of the Daryne or Shiande Aiel, which had already been destroyed by the time of the retreat.
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