Julienne’s previous first mate had himself a dalliance with a stowaway many moons past, resulting in a child born at sea that neither were prepared to deal with. To their surprise, Julienne offered to take her from their minds and concerns, and hold her as her own. They both agreed readily and, perhaps afraid he would change his mind at some point, deserted the ship when she next made port.

Dubbing the infant Aspasie, Julienne hired a midwife to join the ship until they next made berth in Muzillac, where his daughter was left with good friends to be kept safe. A ship was no place for an infant and he well knew it.

Two years later, Julienne returned with another child – this one his own, reputedly. There was no certainty of it, but he did not question the mother and simply accepted the burden. Named Andromède, she too was taken in by Julienne’s friends.

The couple were so well compensated that they eventually moved themselves, their two sons and two charges, to a well fortified village further inland to better ensure that none would question just where their money came from. Julienne visited one last time, with a daughter he knew for certain as his own, deemed Angelique.

Though he visited when he could, it was not until the girls were eleven, nine and six respectively that matters changed dramatically. Napoleonic rebels and royalists were up to devilry in Muzillac, and Julienne received an emergent missive from his friends informing him that they may no longer be safe in their village.  

Returning post haste, Julienne took the entire family upon his ship and fled them all across to England – where his friends and their sons disembarked, but his three daughters remained with him at their insistence. The girls were assigned to sailors familiar with Tromperie and her captain, and were taught the way of the ship.

For reference, Julienne’s daughters joined his crew as of Reckoning to be Reckoned, when he was thirty-five years old, and may be present in threads taking place in that verse, or any afterward.