


Austen recounts that "when the novelty of shaping history wore off, the Saints remembered the words of Zinjai" and, returning to the Mothership, they release her from captivity, allowing her to meet the Saints. However, should they all be completed, Zinjai informs Playa of Zinyak's collection of certain humans using time travel, and reveals that time travel could be used to allow the Saints to visit Earth before its destruction. ĭepending on whether or not the player has completed all Loyalty missions in the game, one of two endings will play, both of which feature Austen in different capacities: if they have not been completed, Playa commands the Zin fleet to look for a new home world, with Austen simply reciting, "And so, the Saints Empire was born", leaving her true identity unknown. Zinjai watches as Playa releases Jane Austen. Zinjai, alluding to Zinyak's abduction of Austen.

Zinyak was fascinated with Earth culture, he made it a point to go back and build a menagerie of his favorite humans. Īusten briefly touches upon Keith David's betrayal, expressing that " philosophers will spend years debating the ethics of The Kinzie Gambit, the Saints had a less charitable view". Austen does not regret the loss of Earth, instead conceding that if it was not destroyed, "pragmatism would have won over desperation and the Saints would never have been reunited with the most dangerous man in all of history: Johnny Gat". Later, following Zinyak's destruction of Earth, she describes the event as the defining moment of the Zin Empire's downfall – "An act that was supposed to demoralize, galvanized" – as the Saints, now the last of humanity, decide to fight back. While past events unfold, Austen states that this is "where our journey begins". As the game comes to an end, she states, "And that, my friends, is how I first met the Saints", implying that she was subsequently released.Īs a mysterious figure clad in iron sits musing upon a throne, Austen introduces the 3rd Street Saints and briefly describes the gang's evolution "from a degenerate street gang into beloved pop culture icons" and their dissatisfaction: "For it's one thing to be revered as a hero, it is another to be a hero". In the post-credits scene, Zinjai and Playa check on the cultural figures that Zinyak abducted using time travel prior to his invasion (and subsequent destruction) of Earth, and it is there that the narrator is revealed to be Jane Austen. She occasionally recounts the events of the game on an historic point of view, providing narration particularly at the beginning of the " Zero Saints Thirty" the end of " The Real World" the end of " All Hands on Deck" and then either at the end of " Grand Finale" or in a post- credits scene depending on whether or not the player has completed all Loyalty missions. Throughout the majority of Saints Row IV, Austen serves as an unseen and unnamed narrator.
