Sometimes she remembers it one way, sometimes another, but the heart of the story is always the same. Orphans Narda and Ding lived with their grandmother in a small villiage near Manila. One clear night, Narda, still a child, saw a falling star, and hear the crash of a meteor nearby. Running to investigate, she found a glowing white stone. On the stone were strange characters, letters of no Earthly language, that somehow Narda could read. The word was a name. The name was Darna. Without knowing why, Narda swallowed the stone and shouted the name. The child vanished, replaced by a supernatural warrior woman. A legend began. Over the years, Darna fought snake goddesses, gangsters, strange cults and monsters of every description. At first Darna and Narda were two people sharing a single body, but as time went on their personalities merged, and now the adult Narda is almost identical to Darna. Ding and Grandmother still remain in Narda's life, and Darna has become the champion of the Philippines. Kind hearted and a devout Catholic, Narda sees no choice but to use the powers of Darna to protect the innocent. She deeply loves her grandmother and little brother, and has shown romantic interest in a number of heroic men. While Darna does her best to protect all lives, she can be more pragmatic than American comic book superheroes. "I will not let you hurt anyone!" This version of Darna has a number of powers drawn from Gods & Goddesses of the Philippines. These include superhuman strength, near-invulnerability, flight, and the ability to influence others. Darna's headdress can be used to fire blasts of concussive energy. Against most foes Darna will wade in punching, relying on her strength, toughness and cinematic martial arts to see her through. Tougher foes might be hit with concussive blasts from her headdress, and the most dangerous will be targetted by flying move throughs. Against foes she can't overcome directly, she will attempt to use charm and persuasion. She also has a surprising knack for coming up with unusual applications of her abilities. Darna is fast enough to abort to a dodge or dive for cover when facing those few enemies powerful enough to seriously harm her. This version of Darna is based on Mars Ravelo's original character "Varga" created in 1947 in the Philipines (Varga was inspired by Captain Marvel; other influences included Wonder Woman, Superman, and in her later incarnations Japanese TV Superheroes). The name change from "Varga" to "Darna" came early in the character's publication history. This version of the character is scaled to fit into a convention game. With a 60+ year publication history along with several movies and TV series, despite her American inspiration, Darna is a true Filipina Heroine. This write up does not include the long list of powers and weaknesses Darna has gained and lost in her long fictional history; it is based primarily on the Golden Age comics version, incorporating elements from later versions. The 2005 TV Darna was an alien; the 2009 TV Darna has a rich history as the latest in a long line of semi-mystical "Darna Warriors". Narda is an attractive Filipina apparently in her early twenties. As Darna, she becomes astonishingly beautiful. Narda normally dresses conservatively, while Darna wears a revealing costume in red (see picture).

Darna often comes up with odd one-off uses of her powers that are never seen again. In the TV series, Darna fights using a not very realistic mix of cinematic Martial arts Must shout "Darna" to transform, "Narda" to change back. In the movies and TV series, Narda must swallow her stone each time she transforms. In the Golden Age Comic, she only had to swallow the stone the first time she changed.

Use of The Thunder is exhausting; Darna rarely calls on it.