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Operator backstories you can watch in under two minutes, each paired with the full written story, plus every world and faction lore post on the site.
Endfield tells most of its operator history in HR files, archive records and side dialogue, not in the main story. Each backstory below starts with a short video that covers the core of who the operator was, followed by a write-up that quotes the in-game records it draws on. Watch the Short first, or go straight to the post.
Chen Qianyu
Chen Qianyu in Arknights Endfield applied with six words: "I just wanna join. It's fate. " Her official HR file: two swords on the desk, a job she quit over milk tea, a name picked for being easy to write, and Perlica's verdict.
Written up Oct 6, 2026
Alesh
Alesh in Arknights Endfield is blind in one eye, and so is the fish that has haunted him since he was a harbor kid. His backstory from his official operator files: the drop-and-yank hook, the friends who turned on each other, and the full-moon catch with an empty hook.
Written up Oct 4, 2026
Meet Mi Fu
Mi Fu in Arknights Endfield: the Watchguard Captain's funniest moments, from winning her first arena fight by biting to the kidnapping that was all a setup.
Written up Oct 3, 2026
Tangtang
Tangtang in Arknights Endfield: why fans call her Soup Soup, and the Supreme Chief's funniest moments, from slapping the HR robot to paying a vending machine in her own money.
Written up Oct 3, 2026
Da Pan
Da Pan cooks for every kid in Wuling for free in Arknights Endfield. Years ago he was Pan Yuan, a Hongshan Academy prodigy who quit the day the elders voted to stop searching for 113 people lost at the rift.
Written up Oct 2, 2026
Zhuang Fangyi
Zhuang Fangyi lost her family twice in Arknights Endfield: her mother when she was a child, and the people who raised her at the Wuling Science Station. She gave their eulogy, then never stopped working.
Written up Oct 1, 2026
Typhoeus
Typhoeus collects stories in Arknights Endfield, and there's a reason. When the Feranmut Sami fell, the elders who knew His legends died with Him. Too small to fight, she was turned away at the fortress gate, so she vowed to remember everything instead. This is the story of the girl who gathered her people's legends, and the last page of her notebook she left blank.
Written up Sep 8, 2026
Last Rite
Last Rite is always hungry in Arknights Endfield, and it isn't a joke. She's a Nachzehrer, a Sarkaz whose kind feeds on the dead, and she grew up tending her town's cemetery. She refuses. This is the story of the boy who bullied her, the summer he died, and the crooked wooden knight she carved for his last wish.
Written up Sep 29, 2026
Estella
Everyone calls Estella lazy. As a little girl in Arknights Endfield, she was torn from her mother in a Landbreaker raid and forced to work in a raider camp for years. Her HR file explains why she still refuses heavy work.
Written up Sep 29, 2026
Purrchena
In Arknights Endfield, Purrchena's real name is Rosalind, and the Aetherside Syndrome that makes her fall asleep has no cure.
Written up Sep 28, 2026
Collapsals are Terra's info-hazard demons from the north. Here is the Sami lore OG Arknights players know, and why it may be coming to Talos-II in Endfield.
Aug 23, 2026
Jakub Meissen was an Aggeloi War hero who tried to secede from the Civilization Band and return to Terra. The Golden Age weapon archive explains why.
Jul 29, 2026
A Feranmut is a god-like Terran entity. A Proxy is its humanoid avatar. Here is the Sui lore Endfield assumes you know, including Si, the 13th Proxy.
Jul 26, 2026
Who are the Foundation and the Exiles in Arknights Endfield? Talos-II's founding, the Aethergate collapse, and the mystery Ardashir hunts beyond the Aether.
Jul 18, 2026
Wuling Travel Service Vol. 8 tours Yinglung Pass: the Pass-Side Canal, Balepyre Dais, and Exclusion Gate, plus how the new Talosite collection system works.
Jul 12, 2026
Endfield's Seš'qa rebrands the Sarkaz as a festival people on Talos-II. Preservation or quiet erasure? Breaking down the Oblivion and Camille weapon lore.
Jun 30, 2026
Did Amiya survive to Talos-II? Full lore analysis of her Cautus lifespan, the Black Crown, Tomb of Civilization, and Reconvener theories in Endfield.
May 17, 2026
Wuling Travel Service Vol. 6 takes you into Talos-II's Test Area, Type-C Tianshi Pillar Core Modules, animal-vector Xiranite research.
May 13, 2026
How Arknights Endfield's Stock Bills work as a Band Accord disaster relief credit system. Why Soth the refugee has millions. Lore and economy explained.
May 2, 2026
Complete lore analysis of Version 1.2 'At the Wake of Spring': Nefarith's fall, Zeroth Directive revelations, and the North Exclusion Zone mystery.
Apr 20, 2026
Comprehensive analysis of Feranmut Proxies, the 13th Sui sibling, Xiranite production, and Wuling's role in resisting the Blight on Talos-II.
Apr 18, 2026
Warfarin is Rhodes Island's leader on Talos-II, the vampire Sarkaz medic from the original Arknights who brings Reconveners into the world. Not playable yet.
Oct 7, 2026
Liino was never kidnapped. Full lore breakdown of Like a Star Streaking Through the Boundaries, the Brady Mining scheme, and the balance sheet ending.
Sep 10, 2026
M3 has no playable kit, yet Arknights veterans call her the deadliest thing on Talos-II. Here is what Mon3tr's combat file documents, and what carries over.
Aug 24, 2026
Arcane and Lifeng's shared past in Arknights: Endfield: the Great Wall tragedy, Yinglung duty, and the family clue the game never states outright.
Jul 20, 2026
Alleikhreos, Chiliarch is Endfield's Version 1.4 Homecoming boss. His Foundite lore, the Ætherside, the Foundite Weapon stagger mechanic, and rift doubles.
Jul 18, 2026
Version 1.4 brings Nefarith back, and she kills Ardashir. But Si reveals the body was only his vessel, not his true form. An Endfield lore deep dive.
Jul 18, 2026
Who is M3 in Arknights: Endfield? Her role as a Zeroth Directive executor, Perlica's guardian, and the evidence she's the successor to Kal'tsit's Mon3tr.
Jul 18, 2026
A lore deep dive on the three future operators teased at 1.4 Homecoming: Si the 13th Sui Proxy, the Hongshan Imperial Guard, and the Sarkaz Dream Traveler.
Jul 12, 2026
Hypergryph's Camille dev design logs reveal the Blood Demon Guardian brief, the wings that almost weren't, the Mobius blood crown.
Jun 30, 2026
Camille's weapon profile confirms Wis'adel rules Kazdel as Speaker across the Cosmic Gate. Full lore breakdown of the Babel revival, Ses'qa, and the timeline.
Jun 29, 2026
Camille's story quest in Arknights: Endfield reveals the kin he hunts is Char Arno, his own blood relative.
Jun 27, 2026
A complete Tangtang lore deep dive: the river-foundling turned Qingbo Stockade chief, her infected eye, the Ruan Yi feud, and her rivalry with Mi Fu.
Jun 17, 2026
What was known about Li Zhiyan (Arcane) before her 1.4 release: the Chapter II sacrifice, her Chen Qianyu history, and which kit theories held up.
Jun 13, 2026
Camille's character story in Arknights: Endfield is called "Danse Macabre." Here's the 600-year history behind that name.
Jun 10, 2026
Mi Fu lore breakdown: her Qingbo Stockade past, the masters she duels, and the staged twist behind Endfield 1.3's A Fistful of Reflections story event.
Jun 7, 2026
Hypergryph teased an enigmatic idol Operator in Endfield's 1.3 livestream. Her Valley IV reveal, the idol archetype, community lineage theories.
May 27, 2026
Inside the official Zhuang Fangyi AMA: what Wuling's Viceroy revealed about life beyond Xiranite, the Endministrator, Chubby Lung, and the road ahead.
May 27, 2026
Mi Fu's Sarkaz tag contradicts her Kylin design. Lore deep dive into Arknights: Endfield's Version 1.3 race controversy and three leading theories.
May 23, 2026
Are Arknights: Endfield characters different from the original ones? Lore breakdown of Reconveners, descendants, and Warfarin's role on Talos-II.
May 16, 2026
How to find the secret Wuling cutscene after 'The Old Man and the Tide,' unlock Fangyi's arc, and understand its North Exclusion Zone implications.
Apr 24, 2026
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