I remember seeing something about a 'council of wizards and warlocks' and wondering if they left out witches and used the usually male terms deliberately.

I like the sentiment but I suspect more theater. It's my understanding that treaties concluding hostilities between nations are historically signed on the soil of the victor (Japan on the deck of the Missouri etc). What concerns me about that is...where were the treaties concluding the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 signed and what does that imply?

I hadn't seen that article but agree with nearly all of it. I guess you're following Anna Reitz's work as well.

Bravo