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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) with European facial features, no East Asian or Central Asian features. MEN NEVER WEAR BRAIDS: men have loose, tied-back or short hair. Only women have braids. The local people are of average height, tanned olive skin, dark hair; grown men have beards. Row 1, left to right: (1) woman, 30, forest people, two dark braids, gentle but wary eyes, small bone pendant; (2) man, 30, steppe scout, lean and short, wind- and sun-darkened skin, narrow squinting eyes, short dark beard, dark hair tied back; (3) young man, 20, thin with hollow cheeks, short black beard, ashamed lowered gaze; (4) youth, 18, very thin, noticeably protruding ears, only faint fuzz on the upper lip, short dark hair. Row 2: (5) old chief, 62, broad face, long grey hair, grey beard, his whole face smeared with dark red ochre as a mourning sign, pale faded eyes, seal-skin cloak; (6) man, 40, broad and heavy, full dark beard with a grey streak, dark hair tied back, proud closed expression, fur collar; (7) young archer, 20, light stubble, calm cold eyes, hair tied back; (8) young boatman, 22, very broad shoulders and thick neck, short dark beard, shy look. Row 3: (9) young farmer, 19, soft face, light stubble, nervous uncertain eyes; (10) boy, 16, no beard, short black hair, stubborn jaw; (11) coastal youth, 17, no beard, curly dark hair, eager bright eyes, shell necklace; (12) young warrior, 23, short beard, healed scar on the left shoulder visible at the collar, steady look. Row 4: (13) man, 35, eastern coast trader, full black beard, hair in a top knot, suspicious appraising stare, shell necklace; (14) teenage boy, 16, very thin, small frostbite scar on the tip of the nose, wary eyes, no beard; (15) woman, 45, steppe mother in mourning, dark braids streaked with grey, hollow grieving eyes, leather headband; (16) young smith's helper, 25, muscular, short dark beard, soot on cheeks and forehead.