Gangs
3rd Street Saints
Broken and scattered at the start of Saints Row 2, the Saints are a gang comprised of various street-thugs and ex-cons. Once the kings of the city, the Saints have been forced out of their titular home of Saints Row by the Ultor Corporation, a giant conglomerate that gentrified the once poor neighborhood. Now operating out of an abandoned underground hotel, the Saints are looking to reclaim the glory that they lost several years ago.
Ronin
Shogo Akuji left Tokyo to create the Ronin, one of the newest gangs to instil fear in Stilwater with their ruthless violence. Recruiting from both the city's Asian population as well as among the immigrants, the gang grew in number, attracted by the flashy bikes and custom leathers. Their crimes involve peddling vice through gambling, prostitution, street-racing, and protection rackets, and their power has reached even into the boardroom of corporations like Ultor.
Sons of Samedi
A Haitian gang that already cornered the Caribbean underworld, the Sons of Samedi branched out to Stilwater. Influenced by Voodoo and a history of military corruption in Haiti, the gang has developed a potent combination of spiritualism and fearlessness. Gang members were attracted to the gang out of respect for their methods, a desire for easy income from their drug trade, or through coercion. Their primary source of income is a designer drug called "Loa Dust", which has all but replaced ecstasy as the drug of choice for many college students.
Brotherhood
A Stilwater native long victimized by gang warfare and police corruption, Maero formed the Brotherhood from the cast-outs and dredges of Stilwater society. Ostracized for their status and their tattoos, he united them as a solid force of strength and intimidation intent on revenging itself upon the police and city. Because the nuances of money laundering and blackmail are beyond them, they simply drive up to a store in a large truck, charge in and take what they want. If anyone gets in their way, they kill them. Their definition of subtle warfare is excessively violent extortion. The Brotherhood flash their allegiance with numerous piercing and tattoos, bright colours, and gas-guzzling trucks.
Ultor Corporation
The Ultor Corporation began as a clothing company and quickly developed into a major corporate contender, owning popular brands of many products. They funnelled money into Saints Row to create a new skyline for the city and a new headquarters for their corporate office, driving the poor into other districts. Now that their re-engineering of Saints Row is complete, they're targeting the Shivington projects. They fuel gang wars and then watch as the district tears itself apart, waiting for the prime moment to move in and restructure the district at the expense of the poor and for the profit of their shareholders.