Ganda

**Ganda** is the female protagonist and one of the main characters of the Philippine television series 'Bagani'. She is portrayed by Liza Soberano

## Description

A farmer born into the Farming Region. Ganda is a feisty but loving and responsible younger sister of the leader of the Farm Region. She is willing to sacrifice herself just to secure and stabilize her family and clan. She doesn't give up easily without putting up a fight for what she believes is right. She is a skilled archer and holds the power of Makiling that can give her the ability to get rid of her opponents, whether they are far away or near. Her bow can also change into a sword. She was killed by Sarimaw during their intense confrontation that leaves Sarimaw wounded, but was later revealed that she is stuck in a place called Dako Paroon because Sarimaw brought her there. If Lakas was able to find Dako Pa Roon, he would be able to free Ganda and Malaya, Sarimaw's mother. Malaya put an evil spirit upon her unknowingly, and was activated when Mayari stabbed Lakas. The spirit was later purged after Lakas and Ganda used both Sinukuan's power and Lakas' love to her.

## Biography

Ganda is a farmer born into the Farm Region. Ganda is a feisty but loving and responsible younger sister of the leader of the Farm Region. She is willing to sacrifice herself just to secure and stabilize her family and clan. She doesn’t give up easily without putting up a fight for what she believes is right. She is a skilled archer and holds the power of Makiling that can give her the ability to get rid of her opponents, whether they are far away or near. She was killed by Sarimaw

during their intense confrontation that leaves Sarimaw wounded but was later revealed that she is stuck in a place called Dako Paroon because Sarimaw brought her there. If Lakas was able to find Dako Paroon, he will able to free Ganda and Malaya, Sarimaw's mother.

## Personality

Ganda embodies what any Taga Patag is, pacifist, eschewed violence, and quite naive. But her personality being feisty and strong-willed enabled to be a strong warrior his region being proud of.

## Abilities

Her mastery of the bow and arrow is greater than any Taga Patag archers there is, she can use the bow and arrow from intermediate range, as she fights near hand-to-hand combat while shooting arrows to long range sniping.
She can rapidly fire her bows against a target in multiple successions, as seen in her duel against Sarimaw.

When she acquired Makiling, her archer ability was enhanced, making her shots more accurate. And her weapon can interchange from being a bow, to a short sword, enabling her to fight a melee battle at close range.

## Story

Being born from the Farming Region, she is a farmer through and through. Her sister was the leader of the region, being the landlord and owned the best farmland there was. But she wasn't stuck on the traditions of her region, which was pacifistic in nature. She was once arranged to be married to Lakam, the Trading Region's prince in a marriage alliance, which she loathe.
. She wants to improve both the fighting capabilities of her fellowmen, but also the image they have in Sansinukob, which was seen as cowards by others. That wish came in the form of Lakas, a wandering Taga Gubat man. He trained the farmers in combat, while trying to make connections with not only her, but the region too. That ended when Dakim, the Desert Region's leader raided the region, Lakas their unwilling spy. That broke her trust with him. The battle between their folks ended when Lakam assisted her folks, and she killed Dakim. She hesitatingly let him go with the rest of the Desert Warriors.

She became a Bagani when Maria Makiling, another of Bathala's creatures chose her to be her Bagani, empowering her bow. With her newfound power, she made a shaky alliances with fellow Baganis, including Lakas. With her power, she improved the image Kapatagan had.

The merry days once again ended when Sarimaw himself, free from Apo's curse, started terrorising Sansinukob. They were helpless against the demigod, which led to her "death" in their encounter. She was sent to Dako Paroon instead, leaving Maria Makiling behind. She was almost a victim to a pair of face stealers, when Malaya made the save. She taught her to survive Dako Paroon, and resist Gaki, unknown to her that Malaya intended to break free from the place, and put an evil spirit on her that will activate if she stabbed Lakas. Lakas eventually broke her free from the place, alongside Malaya and her minions. With the Baganis complete, they defeated and mortally wounds Sarimaw, and with the resistance group alliance, defeated Sarimaw's minions and allies.

After beating the demigod, they made improved relationships with Sansinukob. But the goddess, seeing her son defeated, wreaked her vengeance against Sansinukob. It led them to fight her, but the evil spirit activated when she stabbed Lakas. It took Sinukuan and her love to dispel the spirit, and defeat Malaya.

## Behind the scenes

Ganda is portrayed by Filipino Actress Liza Soberano.