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Gangs and factions

Steelport’s fight is six names: the 3rd Street Saints, Morningstar, the Deckers, the Luchadores, STAG, and the Syndicate as the umbrella. Two of those have their own pages because people search the names. The others stay in the table.

Second Steam store screenshot from Saints Row: The Third Remastered
Second Steam store screenshot from the 2011 Saints Row: The Third page

How to read the colors

Saints are purple with a fleur-de-lis. Morningstar is red, pink, and black. Deckers lean cyan and black. Luchadores bring green, red, and wrestling masks. STAG is white, black, and hazard orange. I use those colors as labels, not as a claim that the gangs are real organizations. They are fiction inside Steelport.

The Syndicate is the business structure Loren runs, not a sixth street uniform. Morningstar, Deckers, and Luchadores sit under it until the story peels them apart. STAG arrives as the government hammer.

NameRecordStatus
3rd Street Saints
  • leader: Playa / The Boss (formerly Julius Little)
  • colors: Purple
  • insignia: fleur-de-lis
  • headquarters: Saints HQ, Downtown, Steelport
  • territory: Steelport (player-controlled districts)
  • businesses: Planet Saints, Saints Flow
  • members: Shaundi, Pierce Washington, Johnny Gat, Oleg Kirrlov, Kinzie Kensington, Zimos, Angel De La Muerte, Viola DeWynter
  • enemies: Morningstar, Deckers, Luchadores, STAG
  • vehicles: Sovereign, Atlantica, Infuego
  • status: Active

Obtain: Player-controlled from the start

Use: Player faction; calls homies, owns cribs and businesses

2 sources
Evidence
Morningstar
  • leader: Phillipe Loren → Viola & Kiki DeWynter → Killbane
  • colors: Red, pink and black
  • insignia: red star
  • headquarters: Syndicate Tower, Henry Steel Mills
  • territory: Downtown, New Colvin
  • businesses: Powder (gun boutique), Safeword (brothel/BDSM club)
  • members: Phillipe Loren, Viola DeWynter, Kiki DeWynter, Barry / Rasputin, Grigor, Andre
  • specialist: Norman, bald sniper in red trenchcoat
  • enemies: 3rd Street Saints, STAG
  • vehicles: Infuego, Justice, Criminal, Oppressor, Tornado
  • status: Wiped out by end of story

Obtain: Antagonist from prologue

Use: Main early-game gang; arms and sex trade

2 sources
Evidence
Deckers
  • leader: Matt Miller
  • colors: Black with neon blue
  • headquarters: Burns Hill Reactors / Deckers network
  • territory: Stanfield
  • businesses: cyber black market
  • members: Matt Miller
  • specialist: Decker Specialist
  • enemies: 3rd Street Saints
  • vehicles: X-2 Phantom
  • status: Defeated; Matt leaves Steelport
1 source
Evidence
Luchadores
  • leader: Eddie 'Killbane' Pryor
  • colors: Green/black wrestling
  • headquarters: 3 Count Casino
  • territory: Carver Island
  • businesses: 3 Count Casino, steroids
  • members: Killbane
  • specialist: Luchador Specialist
  • enemies: 3rd Street Saints, STAG
  • vehicles: ,
  • status: Defeated in Murderbrawl XXXI
1 source
Evidence
STAG
  • leader: Cyrus Temple (supervised by Senator Monica Hughes)
  • colors: Grey/white military
  • insignia: STAG
  • headquarters: Thermopylae / PR Center
  • territory: Steelport under martial law
  • members: Cyrus Temple, Kia
  • enemies: 3rd Street Saints, Syndicate
  • vehicles: Crusader, N-Forcer, Specter, Vulture, Condor
  • status: Withdrawn or destroyed depending on ending
1 source
Evidence
The Syndicate
  • leader: Phillipe Loren, then Killbane
  • insignia: star
  • headquarters: Syndicate Tower
  • territory: Steelport
  • businesses: arms, sex trade, cyber crime, casino
  • members: Morningstar, Deckers, Luchadores
  • enemies: 3rd Street Saints, STAG
  • status: Fragmented by endgame
2 sources
Evidence

FAQ

How many gangs are there?

The character and Morningstar pages support six labels: Saints, Morningstar, Deckers, Luchadores, STAG, and the Syndicate.

Sources

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