The White Council couldn't have included all five Wizards, because Allatar and Pallando (the blue istari) had been lost in the east for years before the foundation of the White Council... right? And I don't think "the Wise" is a distinct class of people that only certain ones belong to... I think the wise just refers to those in Middle Earth that are wise... I wouldn't hesitate to include Treebeard and Bombadil
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The seasons fall like silver swords, the years rush ever onward; and soon I sail, to leave this world, these lands where I have wander'd. O Elbereth! O Queen who dwells beyond the Western Seas, spare me yet a little time 'ere white ships come for me!
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