User blog comment:Darkest Shadow/SFW Winter Awards 2015 ♪Piano's Votes♪/@comment-1942179-20150201000053/@comment-1942179-20150201192154

There is far more to the Black Rose than simply kidnapping children. And taking those children in is not how they took over. That was simply a source of their income. And the explanation behind how that works is that the more kids they have in their orphanage, the more money the city has to pay them to take care of them all. I'm not saying that it's not selfish, but their deeds are most certainly evil.

Now how they came close to taking over GFC, that's the more elaborate part. The Black Rose has planted 'seeds' around, allowing them access and control over most of the inner workings of the city. (to put it simply, they have moles all over the place, like in the police force for instance. They were almost in full control of the department, able to have crimes overlooked and important case documents 'disposed' of, causing several incidents to go unsolved forever.) They pretty much could get away with whatever they wanted, so long as they kept a low profile.