The council of the west was a group of important people who came together to talk about what they could do to make things better in the western part of the land. They talked about things like how to keep everyone safe and what they could do to make sure there was enough food and water for everyone. They also talked about how they could work together to make things better for people who lived in the western part of the land. It was like a group of grown-ups having a meeting to figure out how to make things better for everyone who lived in that area.