Before he even knew Jenny was pregnant, Quentin ran off with his brother Edward's wife, Laura Collins to Alexandria, Egypt (728). When Jenny started showing signs of going mad, Edward got Judith Collins to make arrangements to have the children taken from her and raised by Mrs. Fillmore, a local woman. They told Jenny the children had died, which sent her completely over the edge of insanity and they locked her away in the Tower room which no one ventured near because of it's terrible history. Quentin was told Jenny had died (which he later discovered was untrue) and it was not until his son died from the curse Julianka placed on Jenny's sister, Magda Rakosi, that Quentin was informed of his children's existence.