This story was told by Rachel, an old woman of Kentucky, who heard it when she was a young girl.

in ancient times before the necrodemian emperors, lios elfar roamed the
woods freely, and were called by men the elves of light. then there was a
time of darkness, when no children were born to the elves of light. this was
the time of fire and demons, when the traveller came to the world and slew
corellian larethian, the god of the lios elfar.

if it were not for the good elf keebler, the lios elfar would have been
driven from the world, would have been swallowed by the dark years. the good
elf keebler made a forest of light within the forest of darkness. In this
forest of light, there was light in the sky even at night. since then, in
some lands, lios elfar are known as the star children. but at that time,
only within the forest of the lord keebler could the lios elfar retire and
be safe.

three manlike starmages and an elven woman put an end to the dark times.
they came to the world from another place unlike this place in almost every
way. the three starmages were called wink, skywalker, and baker. the elf was
named rilea. when he learned the world was without light, the starmage
skywalker opened a gateway leading between our world and the world from
which he came. skywalker invited corellian larethian into the world.
corellian accepted the offer to bring light to our dark world, and once
again there was light in our world for the lios elfar.

corellian larethian incarnated and to prevent the traveller from realising
his presence, was called nolerak. to bring the light back to the world,
nolerak sired many children. to each child he gave a mark of his wisdom, and
also a mark of his wisdom was given to his friend lord keebler. rilea was
offered the mark of nolerak's wisdom, but deferred. nolerak promised to gift
her children with marks, to their last number, to the end of time. skywalker
was granted other gifts.

the children of nolerak brought their wisdom out of keebler's forests
within, brought the light of nolerak into the forests of the world of men.
the traveller did not discover the light of the lios elfar until four of his
children and the lord keebler had established enclaves of light in the dark
forests. 

at this time the traveller brought his attention to bear. kav elfar leapt
from their caves and two by two came forth to slay any elves of light they
could find. those lios elfar with the wisdom of their elders could hide
outside the sight of the traveller's kav elfar. lios elfar who ignored the
wisdom of the elders perished by the sharp blades of the kav elfar.

as time passed, the original children of nolerak grew weary of the world,
and the darkness brought by men and orcs. when the moment came when they
could no longer bear the dark places of the world, each child of nolerak
would pass the mark of wisdom to the next younger child, and quit the lands
of light and dark for a place of eternal light. when a holder of wisdom
found darkness before light, the mark was held by lesser lios elfar until a
child of nolerak should come forth and claim it.

it is said among men that when a child of rilea came to wisdom, that this
child would find the least wise of the mark leaders, and ask that leader to
quit the lands of light and darkness, and retire to the lands of eternal
light. it is said among men that on occasion the unwise children of nolerak
were so foolish as to raise weapons or spells against the children of rilea,
and then nolerak would come to avenge the dead. it is said among men that of
all the marks of wisdom, only the swan have never spilled the blood of the
children of rilea.

there is no story among men which tells of four children of rilea coming to
wisdom at the same time.

Rachel died of old age, shortly after relating this tale.