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He is frequently accompanied by his two lieutenants, Viola and Kiki DeWynter. Phillipe Loren kidnaps the Protagonist, Johnny Gat, and Shaundi after a botched bank robbery in Stilwater. Phillipe offers to let the three of them live if they agree to the terms he presents them. After Gat and the Boss blankly refuse, a firefight breaks out, during which Gat smashes Loren's face into a window, ultimately causing permanent damage to his left eye. The start of the game's second mission takes place inside Loren's private jet, as the player fights their way out of the aircraft and down into Steelport. |
He is frequently accompanied by his two lieutenants, Viola and Kiki DeWynter. Phillipe Loren kidnaps the Protagonist, Johnny Gat, and Shaundi after a botched bank robbery in Stilwater. Phillipe offers to let the three of them live if they agree to the terms he presents them. After Gat and the Boss blankly refuse, a firefight breaks out, during which Gat smashes Loren's face into a window, ultimately causing permanent damage to his left eye. The start of the game's second mission takes place inside Loren's private jet, as the player fights their way out of the aircraft and down into Steelport. |
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| − | It turns out that the Protagonist has made a powerful enemy in Loren, who's far more powerful than those he faced in Stilwater. He's a successful international arms dealer and essentially the leader of the criminal underworld in Steelport. |
+ | It turns out that the Protagonist has made a powerful enemy in Loren, who's far more powerful than those he faced in Stilwater. He's a successful international arms dealer and pimp, essentially the leader of the criminal underworld in Steelport. |
| − | Loren is killed at the end of the 1st Act of Saints Row: The Third when crushed by a giant ball when the Saints invade his headquarters, the Syndicate Tower. He is succeeded by [[Killbane]] as the head of the Syndicate. |
+ | Loren is killed at the end of the 1st Act of Saints Row: The Third when crushed by a giant ball when the Saints invade his headquarters, the Syndicate Tower. He is succeeded by [[Killbane]] as the head of the Syndicate. |
| − | In ''Saints Row IV'' Loren appears in a loyalty mission for Johnny Gat as a boss where he is fought and killed. Loren was originally to be unlocked as a homie, but for some reason this didn't make it into the game. |
+ | In ''Saints Row IV'' Loren appears in a loyalty mission for Johnny Gat as a boss where he is fought and killed. Loren was originally to be unlocked as a homie, but for some reason this didn't make it into the game. |
==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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*Steve Jaros, lead writer of ''Saints Row: The Third'', describes him as “kind of like a James Bond villain. |
*Steve Jaros, lead writer of ''Saints Row: The Third'', describes him as “kind of like a James Bond villain. |
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Revision as of 21:20, 2 March 2014
Phillipe Loren
Phillipe Loren is a character in Saints Row: The Third. Loren was the leader of both the Syndicate and Morning Sta,r a division within the Syndicate.
He is statuesque and poised and elegant, and he is a total gentleman and he is not effeminate and he is not going to play to that European stereotype. He is coldly logical and dangerous and very savvy.
He is frequently accompanied by his two lieutenants, Viola and Kiki DeWynter. Phillipe Loren kidnaps the Protagonist, Johnny Gat, and Shaundi after a botched bank robbery in Stilwater. Phillipe offers to let the three of them live if they agree to the terms he presents them. After Gat and the Boss blankly refuse, a firefight breaks out, during which Gat smashes Loren's face into a window, ultimately causing permanent damage to his left eye. The start of the game's second mission takes place inside Loren's private jet, as the player fights their way out of the aircraft and down into Steelport.
It turns out that the Protagonist has made a powerful enemy in Loren, who's far more powerful than those he faced in Stilwater. He's a successful international arms dealer and pimp, essentially the leader of the criminal underworld in Steelport.
Loren is killed at the end of the 1st Act of Saints Row: The Third when crushed by a giant ball when the Saints invade his headquarters, the Syndicate Tower. He is succeeded by Killbane as the head of the Syndicate.
In Saints Row IV Loren appears in a loyalty mission for Johnny Gat as a boss where he is fought and killed. Loren was originally to be unlocked as a homie, but for some reason this didn't make it into the game.
Trivia
- Steve Jaros, lead writer of Saints Row: The Third, describes him as “kind of like a James Bond villain.
- Phillipe is mistakenly referred to as French by multiple characters, when he is actually Belgian and will state so, with obvious annoyance in his voice.
- The Boss mistaken him for French at their first meeting.
- Johnny Gat calls him Frenchy and he corrected him by saying that he is Belgian.
- When Burt Reynolds and Viola are both Homies, Burt will say: "That Frenchman sure knew how to tell a joke", and Viola will respond with "He was Belgian".