The Van Graffs

Factions & Armies · Source: Fallout: New Vegas (2010), dialogue with Gloria and Jean-Baptiste Van Graff and the quest 'Birds of a Feather'

Overview

The Van Graffs are a wealthy and ruthless merchant family that dominates the Mojave's energy weapon trade, operating the Silver Rush in Freeside and dealing in everything from plasma rifles to secrets.

History & Background

The Van Graff family built its fortune trading high-end weapons across the wastes, and their Mojave operation under Gloria Van Graff and her brother Jean-Baptiste made them the region's go-to dealers for energy arms. Their business practices are brutal: rivals disappear, debts are paid in blood, and their showroom guards answer to no one but the family.

Details & Timeline

2281: the Van Graffs are locked in a trade war with the Crimson Caravan, with each side hiring the Courier to sabotage the other. Gloria and Jean-Baptiste offer work, rewards, and betrayal in equal measure. Their dealings with the Strip's casino families — and rumored connections to the Legion's network — make them a power behind Freeside's squalor. Depending on the Courier's choices, the family is either enriched or wiped out in a blaze of plasma fire.

Wasteland Significance

The Van Graffs control the Mojave's supply of the most advanced small arms available, giving them outsized influence over every faction's soldiers. Their fall would leave a power vacuum in Freeside's economy, while their survival keeps the wasteland's arms trade firmly in the hands of the rich and the cruel.

Notable Appearances

Fallout: New Vegas (2010), including the Silver Rush, the quest 'Birds of a Feather', and the Van Graffs' feud with the Crimson Caravan.

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