Viola DeWynter
Promotional artwork of Viola DeWynter
Appears in	Saints Row: The Third
Gender	Female
Home	Steelport
Family	Kiki DeWynter (Twin sister)
Affiliations	The Syndicate Morning Star 3rd Street Saints
Vehicles	Temptress
Voiced by	Sasha Grey [1]

Viola^[2] DeWynter is a character in Saints Row: The Third.

Viola DeWynter: "You may continue to operate the Saints-Ultor Media Group as you see fit, in exchange for 66% of your monthly gross revenue."
Kiki DeWynter: "That is before taxes, of course."

— Viola and Kiki DeWynter in Saints Row: The Third during the mission "I'm Free - Free Falling".^[3]

Description

"They’re the number two in the Syndicate [...] If they weren’t around, everything would descend into chaos."

— Steve Jaros, lead writer of Saints Row: The Third describing Viola and her sister Kiki

Viola is the twin sister of Kiki DeWynter, they are the lieutenants of the Morning Star gang led by Phillipe Loren.^[2] Viola is well endowed and is very pretty, having a buxom figure, wearing tight, black, form fitting clothing to accentuate her curves, much like her twin sister.

She can be identified by the color of her sunglasses; Viola wears white sunglasses, purple when she joins the Saints^[3][4], whilst Kiki wears pink. However after the death of Kiki, Viola begins to wear purple shades, along with p nail polish to signify her respect for her sister and her association with the Saints respectively. She resembles her sister.

Biography

She is a Harvard Business School graduate^[reference?] but instead of entering legitimate business she, along with her sister, entered the service of Phillipe Loren and his Morning Star gang. Loren quite liked Viola and her sister and they became his criminal protégés.^[5] Viola and her sister operate a front as art dealers in the city of Steelport; in secret they operate Morning Star's human trafficking and prostitution rings, as well as run finances for the Syndicate, having increased the Syndicate profits tenfold in Steelport. Also, it has been stated in several sources such as Xbox Magazine and a brief interview with Sasha Grey, that the twins are Philippe's heiresses to the leadership of the Syndicate and Morning Star.^[reference?]

According to Viola's voice actress Sasha Grey, the DeWynters are also Philippe's Personal Assistants, managing his personal life and day-to-day business affairs.^[reference?]

Saints Row: The Third

It is known that Viola and her sister are sent by Phillipe Loren to bail the Protagonist, Shaundi and Johnny Gat out of jail and bring them to him.^[reference?]

The DeWynter sisters also became acquainted with Zimos, the oldest pimp in Steelport. The relationship goes south, and Zimos finds himself locked away in the basement of one of the Syndicate’s human trafficking hubs.^[5] Later in the game^[when?], after completing various activities with Zimos, Zimos reveals that the reason for the DyWynter's hostility is that Zimos slept with one of the sisters, without being able to remember which one he slept with.

At some point in the game^[mission?] Viola joins the 3rd Street Saints^[6]. The reason being that Killbane killed her sister after an assassination attempt orchestrated by them failed^[7], Killbane then lost his temper when Kiki called him Eddie, causing him to snap her neck. ^[8][9]

Viola meets with the player when STAG first invade the city and helps the player escape with an elevator.^[mission?] The mission before^[which?] she is the one who calls the player about The Syndicate cargo carrying a bunch of hos.

After she joins the crew the next mission Viola and the player will disguise as actors to kidnap Josh "Nyte Blayde" Birk. She is dressed up in a very revealing outfit (called the "Bloody Canoness") while the player dresses as the Cardinal, which she does not like one bit. She also helps in defending an attack from STAG who want to have Josh Birk returned to them.^[mission?]

Endings

Kill Killbane

If the player chooses to kill Killbane during the final mission 'Three Way', the player kills Killbane while allowing Shaundi, Viola and Mayor Reynolds^[reference?] to die. Afterwards the Saints throw a party to remember Shaundi, though leaving out Viola and Burt Reynolds. Though when, planting bombs on the Daedalus the Boss will say (Specifically Female voice 1)"One for Shaundi, one for Viola, one for my crew and one just for me", so it's likely that Viola would have gotten a memorial as well or that memorial was for both, but the Boss just gave a Shaundi's speech first. In anycase, it's clear the boss mourns her death.

Save Shaundi and Viola

If the player chooses to save the two Saints and Mayor Reynolds, they must fight through an ongoing war between S.T.A.G and the Luchadores. After this the player must disarm the bombs while traveling up the statue. After the player reached the top, they must fight Kia, who is holding Shaundi as a human shield, while Viola and Mayor Reynolds are tied up. After the ordeal, Viola, was not seen in the movie Gangstas in Space.

Trivia

• During the cutscene of Gang Bang she is clearly wearing her white glasses but as soon as the actual gameplay starts she is wearing purple, almost like she knew she was going to join the Saints. (Or more likely its a design oversight.)
• During a cutscene in the mission My Name is Cyrus Temple on the Thermopylae Viola can briefly be seen wearing white glasses again. Once freed from her cell she is seen wearing purple glasses.
• While she and her sister were identified as expert assassins in previous press releases, it was confirmed by Volition, Inc. that this was a misunderstanding and that they aren't expert assassins but instead only hire expert assassins, like all the assassin hos they hired for the mission Trojan Whores.^[10]
• Originally, Viola and her sister Kiki were Japanese twins called Natsuko and Yukako, nicknamed Suki and Yuki for short. They led their own all-female gang, to contrast with the original Morning Star concept of an all-male gang. The two gangs were merged to streamline the story, and the DeWynters were made Caucasian to avoid the stereotype of "badass Asian chicks that are subservient to an older man".^[11]
  • Steve Jaros, lead writer for Saints Row: The Third, explained he "named [the twins] Viola and Kiki DeWynter, after RPG characters" that he and his friend played.^[11]
  • The game data files internally reference Viola as "Suko", proving it was changed after the early concept stages.
• Viola has a master's in economics.
• She and Kiki also appear to be extremely exceptional artist, based on Zimos's original Dewynter painting, based on Andy Warhol's 'pop art'.^[12]
• Though identical, Viola seems to be the nicer and more self-controlled of the two, as she says "yes sir" and commonly doesn't fuss at all to her bosses.
• The only obvious physical differences between the sisters are that Kiki wears pink glasses while Viola wears white glasses.
• Female Voice 3 accuses Viola of having implants.
• Like fellow Saint Tera Patrick, Viola drives a Temptress.
• Viola and her sister, Kiki, share many similarities with Vice King lieutenant, Tanya Winters, including a similar surname, hair color, and talents in running prostitution given that they both run well-funded and luxurious brothels (i.e. Tanya owned the Prawn Court Brothel and the DeWynter's own Safeword in Steelport.
• Viola can be killed at one point in Saints Row: The Third. If the player chooses to kill Killbane, she and Shaundi are killed in the explosion. After that, the player can no longer call Viola and Shaundi up as homies, unless the player plays the mission Three Way again, choosing to save Shaundi.
• Despite many articles showing her and Kiki with short black hair and black leather pants, in game and later trailers they both wear their hair in very high-ponytail and black skirts with black stockings.
• After defecting to the Saints, Viola's sunglasses change from white to purple, to show her new affiliation with the gang.
• Viola is the only known character to be an initial antagonist to later join the Saints, though Benjamin King assisted the Saints before disappearing.
• "Viola" is Italian for the color purple, the 3rd Street Saints color.
• Viola has a few similarities with fellow Saint Tera Patrick. Both of them are voiced by former porn stars, drive the same car (a Temptress) and both worked for the opposing factions.
• Even after joining the Saints, Viola still wears her Morningstar chain on her hip.
• It might be possible that Sasha Grey (the voice actor of Viola) has done the voice acting for the F-69 VTOL, as the voice in the dialogues 'Flight mode engaged' and 'hover mode engaged' are creepily similar.
• The fact that Viola runs a prostitution ring might be a tongue-in-cheek reference to the fact that her voice actor, Sasha Grey, is a former porn star.
• Viola and Kiki may be a reference to Amber and Crystal Bailey, another pair of twins from Dead Rising 2 and in the fact that they were the main bosses right hand.
• According to the official Prima guide, originally both Kiki and Viola were to join the Saints.^[scan?]

Gallery

• The DeWynter sisters each stand alongside Phillipe Loren in the Saints Row: The Third E3 2011 debut trailer.
• One of the DeWynter sisters hands Phillipe back his cigarette after stabbing a bouncer in the Saints Row: The Third E3 2011 debut trailer.
• Phillipe Loren and the DeWynter sisters in the Saints Row: The Third E3 2011 debut trailer.
• Phillipe Loren and the DeWynter sisters seen in the Syndication trailer.
• Promotional artwork of Viola DeWynter.
• Viola DeWynter appearing on the cover of Xbox World 360 magazine in the UK.
• The DeWynters in-game. Viola has the white sunglasses.
• Viola, as she appears when she becomes accessible as a Homie
• Viola with the protagonist (disguised as Cyrus Temple), Shaundi and Pierce.
• After gameplay starts inside Technically Legal in the mission "Gang Bang", Viola DeWynter's glasses suddenly change color from white to purple.
• Viola DeWynter Render 4.jpg Viola Seriously in "Gang Bang"

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References

1. ↑ [Saints Row: The Third | Celebrities? I Got Your Celebrities Right Here, retrieved 19^th July 2011
2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Gameinformer_Feature
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Saints Row: The Third New Gameplay (Comic-Con) - YouTube, retrieved 22^nd July 2011
4. ↑ File:Viola_DeWynter.jpg
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Who’s Who In Saints Row: The Third—Zimos, retrieved 3^rd July 2011
6. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfniDDrACtU&feature=channel_video_title
7. ↑ Trojan Whores mission
8. ↑ http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1212219p1.html
9. ↑ http://saintsrow.wikia.com/wiki/File:Poorqualityiamge_of_kikidead.png
10. ↑ Developer Commentary - Saints Row: The Third Power CG Trailer - YouTube, retrieved 23^rd July 2011
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Steve Jaros (Saints Row series writer), forum posts: #5 #7
12. ↑ "I didn't get a master's in economics to look like a slut." – Viola ("Nyte Blayde's Return")