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A character sheet arranged as a strict 4x4 grid: 16 equal square cells separated by thin straight white lines, no gaps, no text, no labels, no numbers, no watermark. Each cell holds one photorealistic head-and-shoulders portrait, face centered, looking at the camera, same soft natural daylight and same muted color grading in every cell, plain neutral grey-beige background, realistic skin texture and pores, documentary photography style, 85mm lens look. Setting: Mesolithic Crimea about 8000 BC. Clothing only animal hides, furs and leather; ornaments of bone, teeth or shells; no metal jewelry, no modern items, no makeup. ALL people are Europoid (Caucasian) in appearance - European facial features, no East Asian or Central Asian features - average height, tanned olive or wind-burned skin, mostly dark hair; grown men have beards. MEN NEVER WEAR BRAIDS: men have loose hair or hair tied back at the nape. Only women have braids. Steppe people look like the others, just more weathered by wind and sun. Row 1, left to right: (1) trader, 35, dark hair tied back, neat short dark beard, shrewd friendly look, necklace of bone beads; (2) swineherd, 40, stocky, short-cropped dark hair, broad dark beard, boar-tusk pendant, practical stubborn face; (3) steppe man, 40, sandy light-brown loose hair, short sandy beard, squinting sun-creased eyes, fur cap; (4) herdsman, 40, unkempt dark hair, thick dark beard, sullen distrustful look, sheepskin. Row 2: (5) healer woman, 45, dark braids, calm attentive face, small leather herb pouch on a cord; (6) coastal elder, 60, long white hair, white beard, deeply wrinkled sun-dark face, sealskin cloak, shell necklace; (7) young boatbuilder, 17, slim, black hair tied back, first wispy beard, confident look, seal-tooth necklace; (8) young coastal man, 22, black loose hair, short black beard, alert quick smile. Row 3: (9) seaman, 45, sea-weathered face, dark hair with grey streaks, full beard, salt-cracked skin, leather cape; (10) smith's assistant, 30, short dark hair, short dark beard, soot smudges on cheeks; (11) young smith, 20, son of a builder, short dark hair, short beard, strong shoulders, soot on forehead, serious; (12) steppe hunter, 30, dark hair tied back, short beard, keen watchful eyes, fox-fur collar. Row 4: (13) steppe man, 28, black loose hair, short beard, calm clever face, interpreter, leather band on forehead; (14) young steppe man, 19, black hair to the shoulders, faint beard, thin healed whip scar on cheek, wary but brave look; (15) steppe widow, 35, dark braids, tired dignified face, leather headscarf; (16) steppe chieftain, 38, long black loose hair, thick black beard, cold arrogant eyes, rich wolf-fur cloak.