Ciaran..thank you. It would seem not to matter then, though it does raise some interesting questions about portrait randomization sequences...hmmm

Vastator - yes, the descr_cltures.txt file can have the portrait mapping set to any culture for any culture. This is well known though and not the issue here ;)

Agraes - and indeed the Org avatar compiler - might it be a worthy service to provide a download of all available portraits from current and previous Total War editions?