Description: Juni's a tall, athletic woman in her later twenties, with dark wavy hair and brown eyes. Despite a couple of small scars picked up along the way, she's somewhat good-looking, I guess, though that's hardly a concern for her at the moment. She used to dress quite well, but, well... a zombie apocalypse is a zombie apocalypse and practicality comes first. Romans used to be practical, back in the Republic days. Remember those good ol' times?
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Social Class: Equite
Nationality: Roman, from a rather old family with a fair bit of Corinthian heritage somewhere back in their gens.
Personality: Junia's generally sharp, decisive, and quick on the uptake. She's known in particular for her scathing tongue and competitive nature and this can definitely rub some people the wrong way. She'd like to say that she doesn't care, but she does. Generally, she picks her targets and can read a room well. There's a rambunctious playfulness there too, but it's taken a back seat during these dark times. Junia can stand on ceremony if she needs to, but she'd rather not. She both can and prefers to make people laugh, though her jokes sometimes have a barb and she doesn't always respond well to being on the receiving end. In general, she's a reasonably moral individual and a hard worker, especially when she senses that her work will be rewarded.
Brief Backstory: The second oldest of five children (and first of three sisters) born into a middling equestrian family that has a long martial tradition and has always hovered right on the edge of noteworthiness, Junia was drawn to games and sports from an early age, often tagging along with her older brother, Fabius Phillipus Gratus, and later chaperoning her younger siblings to the ball courts. She has always enjoyed being active and is a legitimately talented athlete, particularly with regards to the games of Harpastum and Trigon. Few of the women in her part of the city have ever been able to hold their own against her on the courts. Of course, it is rare for a woman to be so involved in athletics, but it serves as an outlet for her ample restless energy, which could not find expression on the battlefield like it did for her brothers and husband.
When the plague hit, she was in Sicilia at the invitation of a prominent fresco artist and, unofficially, as a participant in an informal ball tournament. Her skill, despite being unable to earn her any sort of living, still noteworthy enough as a hobby that it had been recognize. Her husband, who had given her leave to go, remained in Rome with her young son. In her heart, she has given them up for dead, along with her sisters and beloved older brother, but she makes a show of keeping the faith and holds out perhaps a sliver of hope that they will be reunited. She isn't optimistic, though.
Equipment: Junia has a mule and it carries a bag full of her possessions, including a fair bit of coin, some jewellery (including a pendant from her husband), a couple of balls, flint, clothing, bandages, needle and thread, a fishing net (which she doesn't use very well), and a couple days' worth of food and water. She has a long spear (pilum) that is her go-to weapon for dealing with...undead issues, a shortsword, and a handful of daggers. If it really comes down to it, however, she'd prefer to run rather than fight, or to hide if she senses that running is not an option.
Skills: Junia's a woman... in ancient Rome. When it came to anything martial, that was strike one, two, and three against her. Still, though never formally trained as a fighter, she's about as good as one could expect a member of her sex to be. Tall, athletic, and quick, she's learned how to hold her own. Early childhood sparring, for fun, with her brothers equipped her with the bare fundamentals of sword and spear. She's added quite a bit to that out of necessity since the plague struck but hasn't quite reached the level of a trained soldier, despite her natural aptitude. For what it's worth, she's a damned good ball player and can sing and play a couple of instruments at an acceptable level. More importantly, Juni is frighteningly quick and agile when she needs to be. She can sew quite well too, can cook, and knows how to look after children and a camp. She's never been much interested in literature, but is literate nonetheless. She can be a ruthless liar if it's for a good cause.
