Humans never cared for those who were different, they called them "freaks." Though, they were simply Peculiar. But what Human, Wight, or Hollowgast should know, is never mess with an "army of freaks!" Particularly if you didn't wish to vex Oswald, nor Jim either since both were some of the strongest of the Ymbrynes. Bruce Wayne learned that quickly once he stumbled onto the odd happenings, an injured hawk, and Oswald's loop. Alfred, and later Selina, did warm him though, never to underestimate the peculiar.