Van Graff (mentioned)

The matriarch of the Van Graffs is from Redding, mother of ten children including Frieda and Gloria Van Graff and Jean-Baptiste Cutting.

Background
The leader of the Van Graff family is a woman of immense wealth, beauty, and one of the most vicious opponents of the New California Republic, seeing the nation as a group of corrupt, bullying fools. Although the Van Graffs fought with the NCR for years, she always kept the Van Graffs two steps away from destruction through her almost limitless fortune. Despite her distaste for the Republic and what it stands for, the Van Graff matriarch is a brilliant businesswoman and profit trumps politics every time. Should one of her ten children strike a deal with the Republic without her sanction, they can count on her seeing the profits and turning the connections to her advantage, should see value in it.

Van Graff's daughter Gloria shares that her mother has had ten children, each one from a different father. Casting them aside once she became disinterested, with the exception of Gloria's father and Mr. Cutting, the father of Jean-Baptiste, who died before he was born. She favored Cutting so much that she gave her son his last name to honor him, differing from the rest of Jean-Baptiste's siblings.

The blood bond between the leading Van Graff and her children results significant loyalty. Whenever the Van Graffs open a branch, one of the ten is there to head its operations and ensure that nobody crosses them. The matriarch gives them a broad autonomy in day-to-day operations, running the company from the home office in Redding. However, not all of the children are treated equally by their mother. Gloria Van Graff in particular is the black sheep of the family, due to their constant clashes. Both are ferocious, motivated, and intelligent women, though her position as the head of the family ensures that she wins each argument, leaving Gloria to get all the "shit jobs."

Appearances
The Van Graff matriarch is mentioned only in Fallout: New Vegas.

Behind the scenes
In the Van Buren design documents, the character is referred to as Tiaret Van Graff.