The arms of House de Roelef of Marienburg.[1a]
Clotilde de Roelef is the only female director of Marienburg other than the High Priestess of Shallya. She is also the matriarch of the de Roelef family, the only family of the Wasteland's old nobility to succeed in business. She and her extended family still live in their ancient mansion in Oudgeldwijk and are the de facto speakers for the old nobility who exist there in genteel poverty. She is unmarried and continues to spurn all suitors, even Jaan van de Kuypers himself. Her heir is her niece, Clara de Roelef, 15, who goes nowhere without her Arabyan bodyguard, Hakim. A hard-nosed businesswoman, Clotilde earned her seat on the Directorate fourteen years ago when House Akkerman collapsed in scandal, seven of its elders revealed as Slaanesh cultists.[1a]
The de Roelefs specialize in luxury imports from Araby, Tilea and Estalia, and export Imperial cloth, liquors and Wasteland lace. They have important contacts throughout this area, and Clotilde counts several Estalian kings and Arabyan rulers among her friends. At home, the de Roelefs try to maintain good relations with all the Directorate, save for Jaan van de Kuypers, for whom Clotilde holds a thinly disguised contempt. She is a friend to Arkat Fooger, and is considering joining him in his new insurance brokerage. The family's symbol is a white shield with a black griffon resting its paw on a bag of money.[1a][1b]