User blog comment:DeltaHorizon020/PE Proposal: Wicked Witch/@comment-31330278-20191018214257/@comment-31330278-20191019110011

It's in the source material. The were terrified of him, because they knew he's prone to violent whenever he's drunk. That was part of the reason he decided to ditch them in the forest. People in their right mind doesn't do that, even if they are horrible people.