Eli: Profile and Backstory

Eli is a main character in the 2022 reboot of Saints Row (Saints Row 5), and is a member of The Saints. Read on to know more about Eli, his character profile, and backstory.

Eli's Character Profile

Profile

	Name: Eli Role: The Planner Goal: To build an empire Faction: The Saints EN Voice Actor: Eugene Byrd
Eli is the Saints' strategist and long-term planner. He came to Santo Ileso wanting to become a successful entrepreneur and joined up with the Boss and the Saints to build up their criminal business with them. While he didn't expect to work in the crime world, Eli still puts all of his business, management, and tactical skills into making the Saints as big as possible.

Eli's Introduction Video

Eli's Backstory

Raised to Succeed

A first-generation American, born in the Midwest to Nigerian parents who came to the US on student visas in the mid-1980s. Raised with a strong work ethic and high aspirations (his mother is a biochemist and his father an economist), Eli desperately wants to succeed. However, he wants to do it on his own terms rather than follow someone else's path. He lives his life following the Gospel of Shark Tank and TED Talks.

Taking Real Estate to Santo Ileso

Eli took all of the money he saved working in college (and selling plasma) and moved to Santo Ileso because it met his requirements of “large urban environment” and “low property value”. Eli believes he can make a killing on real estate in the city. Currently all his money (and several loans) are tied up in a minor real-estate investment… which, so far, is not exactly delivering the returns he’d expected.

Building an Empire with Friends

Eli loves his roommates and always dreamed of creating a business with them. The fact that that business has turned out to be a criminal empire is not what he expected, but what the heck. The principles are the same. He may not have combat experience (by choice), but he DOES have a degree in business and a minor in marketing, and he intends to apply that knowledge in building up their criminal empire.

Eli Missions

Eli has a total of four Missions that he initiates with the player. These missions progress Eli's story in Santo Ileso as well as provide him with upgrades that increase his effectiveness in combat.

Story Walkthrough: List of All Main Missions

Eli Outfits

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Outfit	How to Unlock
Default	Unlocked by Default
Bloody	Be Your Own Boss
Dustlander Costume	The Dustmoot
Saints	Take Me to Church
Corporate Retreat	Corporate Retreat

Character Upgrades

Eli has two total Friend Weapon Upgrades that bolster his capabilities in combat. These are unlocked by playing through the Eli-centric Missions, and are gained as rewards at the end of each.

Trivia About Eli

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All Saints Row (2022) Characters

The Saints
Boss	Kevin	Eli
Neenah	Snickerdoodle	-
Faction Leaders
Atticus Marshall	The Collective	Sergio Velez
The Nahualli	-	-
Other Characters
Myra Starr	Gwen	Sgt. Vicario
Amanda Rollins	JR (Jim Rob)	Edith Hunt
Spike Roosevelt	Lore Master	Tamira Bowens
Chloe Morris	Jack	Joannie Utah
Winston	The Sensei	Vivian Huang
Chuy	Jersey Dan	The Dust King
Sylvia	Doc Ketchum	Antonio Espina
Barb	Hawk	The Associate
Emilio	Chalupa Jimmy	Chalupa Lou
Chalupa Pat	Chalupa Terry	-