Warren Williams

Warren Williams is a character in Saints Row and Saints Row IV.
==Overview==
Introduced in Saints Row, Warren Williams is a Vice Kings lieutenant under Benjamin King. The former rapper, who performed under the name EZ Money (pronounced "Easy Money"), now manages Kingdom Come Records, one of the Vice Kings' more legitimate business ventures, and has been described as the Vice Kings' "numbers guy".
The ambitious Williams is eager to prove himself by engaging the 3rd Street Saints in urban warfare in retribution for their attacks against the Vice Kings, but is rebuffed several times by King in increasingly tense situations. During this time, he also pursues a relationship with Tanya Winters behind the back of Vice Kings enforcer Anthony Green.
The schism between King and Williams grows as the latter becomes critical of King's stolid demeanor; his reluctance to get involved in drug trafficking and gang warfare; his cultivated friendship with the Alderman Richard Hughes and Chief Monroe; and his apparent selfishness. After Green's death, Williams and Winters plot to overthrow Benjamin King and lead the Vice Kings themselves.
The two lead a coup against King, but he escapes with his life thanks to his old friendship with Julius, who sends Playa to save him. Playa and King attack Williams and leave him for dead trapped in the burning wreckage of his Rattler. Williams survives, but is betrayed and promptly executed by Winters, who was never willing to cede control of the Vice Kings.
Williams appears alongside other deceased Vice Kings members Anthony Green and Tanya Winters in Saints Row IV; a reconstructed version of him constantly kidnaps Aisha in the Simulation as part of Johnny Gat's nightmare. Williams never kidnapped Aisha in Saints Row, but may be an allusion to Aisha's line in "...To Kingdom Come": "But the real deal is that once you're in, you can't get out".
==History==
===Saints Row===
Following the destruction of Kingdom Come Records by the 3rd Street Saints, Warren Williams explains to Benjamin King that, coupled with the loss of revenue from Aisha's death, the "studio incident" would set them back millions. When Tanya Winters arrives to inform King that the Saints have now taken Prawn Court, Williams asks King if he's "gonna let [those] bitches disrespect us", but is told to calm down. King informs him to rebuild the Kingdom Come Records building through contractors that owe the Vice Kings, and throw together a memorial box set regarding Aisha to recoup their losses. Following another outburst from Williams, King demands respect and reminds him that "everything else is business as usual".
Later, after Anthony Green successfully captures Johnny Gat, King once again calms an excited Williams, who is anxious to go after Playa and the rest of their gang. The confident leader of the Vice Kings is content with how events have transpired and notes that he doesn't want Williams getting shot just because he believes he has something to prove.
Although in a relationship with Green, Winters has been seeing Williams behind his back. During the reconstruction of Kingdom Come Records, Winters and Williams have been having sex at the site as that's the only time she can get away from Green (who is suspicious of their relationship due to Gat). Winters, not knowing that her chauffeur is Playa, states that she believes that "King should really start listening to Warren".
Once again, a frustrated Williams criticizes King – this time his relationship with the Alderman Richard Hughes – after the 3rd Street Saints dress up as Vice Kings and damage part of downtown Stilwater. He believes that it is firepower, and not politics, that gives them power, and brandishes a GDHC .50 in the conference room. King, who is taken aback by Warren's disrespect, drops all courtesy and promptly tells him to "get the fuck outta [his] office".
Williams and Winters enters King's office and confront apparent indecisiveness that they need to talk to him. King didn't do it due to his reluctance to deal drugs, unlike the Carnales. Warren describes King as a "pussy" which is part of an insult, King takes his head and bangs him on the desk. Warren forget who he is. After Winters bring some Vice Kings members to King's office, Williams and Winters and disloyal Vice Kings members join forces to take out King as an attempt.
Finally, Williams returns with Winters and leads a revolt against King after his supposed failure to effectively deal with the 3rd Street Saints, among other reasons. King escapes with the help of his old friend Julius and Playa, and is forced to ally with the 3rd Street Saints against his gang. King and Playa battle against Williams in the streets and leave him for dead among the wreckage of his vehicle, but it is Winters who kills him; seeing an opportunity to control the Vice Kings herself, she coldly executes him with a shot to the head.
===Saints Row IV===
A virtual version of Warren Williams appears in Johnny Gat's simulation where, in a side-scrolling beat 'em up called Saints of Rage, he kidnaps Aisha and takes her away. Gat has been trapped in this simulation for several years following his kidnapping by Zinyak. When Playa enters into Gat's mind, together they head to Kingdom Come Records after fighting through many Vice Kings and eventually face off with Warren. They manage to defeat and kill him, but Aisha isn't there, instead being held at her house by Jyunichi and The Ronin.
==Gameplay==
In Saints Row, Warren Williams must be fought at the end of the ninth Vice Kings mission "For King and Country". He drives through the city in his customized Rattler and the player must chase after him alongside Benjamin King inside his Mag. Warren can be defeated fairly quickly under the combined firepower of the player and King, and ramming his vehicle serves as an effective strategy.
In Saints Row IV, Warren appears in the mission "Welcome Back" in Johnny Gat's simulation, a stylized called Saints of Rage, as a boss at the end of the second stage. Players must drain his health bar by attacking Warren and, once he is defeated, the level progresses to the third stage.
==Trivia==
===Saints Row===
* According to Tanya Winters, Warren had called her Aisha several times, implying an infatuation with her.
** She also remarks that Warren doesn't last long during sex.
===Saints Row 2===
* In Saints Row 2, the male shopkeeper of a Sloppy Seconds in the Barrio District will sometimes claim that purchased clothing used to belong to Warren Williams, regardless of the garments.
* In Saints Row 2, a college-aged Civilian complains that Benjamin King's book Regicide barely mentions Warren.
===Saints Row: The Third===
* A voice actor playing Warren can be heard on the radio when promoting a Vice Kings movie based on Benjamin King's book. In the scene he mentions how King is treated them all like bitches, and depicts the time Tanya and Warren planned the coup.
===Saints Row IV===
* Warren uses a pedestrian model.
* Gat never fought Warren in Saints Row.
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