Tiaret Van Graff

 Tiaret Van Graff is the matriarch of the Van Graffs of Redding. She 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, Tiaret 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, Tiaret 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... Maybe.

Notably, family is more than just a word for Tiaret and the Van Graffs. Her wealth and looks made her quite popular with men of all stripes. The result is a brood of no less than ten children, each from a different father. Most of them were removed by Tiaret once she got bored or sick of them, with the notable exception of a Mr Cutting, who died a natural death before his son was born. He was the rare exception in that Tiaret genuinely liked him and had his son take on his last name. Thus, Jean-Baptiste Cutting was born, and the wastes suffered ever since. The blood bond between Tiaret and her children results in the rarest kind of resource, loyalty. Whenever the Van Graffs open a branch, one of the ten is there to head its operations and ensure that nobody crosses the Van Graffs. The matriarch gives them a broad autonomy in day-to-day operations, running the company from the home office in Redding.

That's not to say all of the children are equal. Gloria Van Graff in particular is the black sheep of the family, not for any lack of competence, but her constant clashes with Tiaret. Both are ferocious, intelligent women bereft of a moral spine, though Tiaret's position as the head of family ensures that she wins each argument - and Gloria gets all the shit jobs, as Jean-Baptiste puts it.

Appearances
Tiaret Van Graff is mentioned in Fallout: New Vegas, and the Hoover Dam design document/2.