diff --git a/assets/scss/main.scss b/assets/scss/main.scss
index 016a01d..b0ca8d3 100644
--- a/assets/scss/main.scss
+++ b/assets/scss/main.scss
@@ -16,8 +16,45 @@ body {
   font-family: $font-garamond;
 }
 
+.wompum-radial-grid {
+  @apply absolute w-full h-full top-0 left-0;
+}
+
+.narrator-image-container {
+  @apply relative;
+
+  .wompum-radial-grid {
+    @apply absolute inset-0 w-full h-full;
+  }
+}
+
+.narrator-headshot {
+  @apply w-full rounded-full object-cover relative z-10 border-2 border-white;
+  aspect-ratio: 1;
+}
+
 .interviewer-question {
   font-style: italic;
   color: #444;
   margin-left: -1rem;
+}
+
+// Narrator Image Component
+.narrator {
+  &__container {
+    @apply relative;
+  }
+
+  &__frame {
+    @apply relative p-4;
+  }
+
+  &__image {
+    @apply w-full rounded-full object-cover relative z-10 bg-white text-center border-4 border-white grid place-items-center;
+    aspect-ratio: 1;
+  }
+
+  &__wompum {
+    @apply absolute inset-0 w-full h-full;
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/content/articles/dorsey-the_gut.md b/content/articles/dorsey-the_gut.md
index 9867bed..47b90ec 100644
--- a/content/articles/dorsey-the_gut.md
+++ b/content/articles/dorsey-the_gut.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ approved: 2025-03-20
 summary: "Drawing on many ancestral traditions and the experience of her own body, Asia Dorsey learns and teaches the pattern language of a healthy gut."
 location: "Denver CO"
 tags: [ancestors, food, health, indigeneity]
+headshot: "/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png"
 links:
   - text: "Bugs Bones & Botany"
     url: "https://www.bonesbugsandbotany.com"
diff --git a/content/articles/ehmke-contributor_covenant.md b/content/articles/ehmke-contributor_covenant.md
index 64b437f..4aaec4b 100644
--- a/content/articles/ehmke-contributor_covenant.md
+++ b/content/articles/ehmke-contributor_covenant.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ date: 2024-10-10
 approved: 2024-10-11
 summary: "After widespread resistance to codes of conduct in open-source software communities, Coraline Ada Ehmke's Contributor Covenant became the most popular code of conduct in the ecosystem."
 location: "Chicago, USA"
+headshot: "/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png"
 tags: [code of conduct, dispute resolution, gender, open source, organizations, software]
 ---
 
diff --git a/content/articles/kiessel-good_market.md b/content/articles/kiessel-good_market.md
index 1bd03d0..2ecc1fa 100644
--- a/content/articles/kiessel-good_market.md
+++ b/content/articles/kiessel-good_market.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ date: 2024-10-29
 approved: 2024-12-16
 summary: "Good Market is a digital commons for enterprises that prioritize people and the planet over profit. It enables communities to set and enforce their own standards for doing business."
 location: "Sri Lanka / United States"
+headshot: "/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png"
 tags: [economics, organizations, ecology, standards]
 ---
 
diff --git a/content/articles/littauer-constructed_languages.md b/content/articles/littauer-constructed_languages.md
index cdd4193..ffd5db1 100644
--- a/content/articles/littauer-constructed_languages.md
+++ b/content/articles/littauer-constructed_languages.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ date: 2025-02-04
 approved: 2025-02-11
 summary: "Constructed languages, or conlangs, are the basis of a hobby, a science, and a community that now occupies a small corner of the entertainment industry."
 location: "Wellington, NZ"
+headshot: "/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png"
 tags: [fiction, gender, language, open source, software]
 ---
 
diff --git a/content/articles/mannan-diplomatic_protocols.md b/content/articles/mannan-diplomatic_protocols.md
index 6cfd0cf..4279ad8 100644
--- a/content/articles/mannan-diplomatic_protocols.md
+++ b/content/articles/mannan-diplomatic_protocols.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ date: 2024-12-13
 approved: 2025-03-04
 summary: "A diplomat for Bangladesh describes the role of protocol in high-profile international visits and treaty negotiations."
 location: "Dhaka, Bangladesh"
+headshot: "/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png"
 tags: [diplomacy, government, friendship]
 ---
 
diff --git a/content/articles/prodromou-distributed_social_networks.md b/content/articles/prodromou-distributed_social_networks.md
index 9278e64..0055cc7 100644
--- a/content/articles/prodromou-distributed_social_networks.md
+++ b/content/articles/prodromou-distributed_social_networks.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ date: 2024-12-06
 approved: 2025-04-01
 summary: "A career-long journey to build online social networks that cannot be controlled by a single company, culminating with the ActivityPub standard."
 location: "Montreal, Canada"
+headshot: "/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png"
 links:
   - text: Website
     url: https://evanp.me/
diff --git a/content/articles/zargham-ultimate_frisbee.md b/content/articles/zargham-ultimate_frisbee.md
index e4ca0d8..da6ad26 100644
--- a/content/articles/zargham-ultimate_frisbee.md
+++ b/content/articles/zargham-ultimate_frisbee.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ date: 2024-11-04
 approved: 2024-12-02
 summary: "As a sport often played with no referees, ultimate frisbee has developed a strong set of norms for addressing conflict and self-governing."
 location: "East Greenbush, NY USA"
+headshot: "/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png"
 tags: [frisbee, sports, organizations, dispute resolution]
 ---
 
diff --git a/layouts/articles/single.html b/layouts/articles/single.html
index b540c2a..042a774 100644
--- a/layouts/articles/single.html
+++ b/layouts/articles/single.html
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 
       <div class="flex gap-4">
         <aside class="lg:sticky lg:top-0 lg:h-screen lg:overflow-y-auto lg:w-1/3 p-4 font-iosevka">
+          {{ if .Params.headshot }}
+          <div class="narrator__container w-48 mb-2" data-text="{{ .Params.narrator }}">
+            <div class="narrator__frame">
+              <img src="{{ .Params.headshot }}" alt="Photo of {{ .Params.narrator }}" class="narrator__image" loading="lazy">
+            </div>
+          </div>
+          {{ end }}
           <p><strong>Date:</strong> <time datetime="{{ .Date.Format " 2006-01-02" }}">{{ .Date.Format "January 2, 2006" }}</time></p>
           <p><strong>Narrator:</strong> <a href="{{ "/narrator/" | relLangURL }}{{ .Params.narrator | urlize }}">{{ .Params.narrator }}</a></p>
           <p><strong>Facilitator:</strong> <a href="{{ "/facilitator/" | relLangURL }}{{ .Params.facilitator | urlize }}">{{ .Params.facilitator }}</a></p>
diff --git a/static/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png b/static/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1517e7e
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/headshots/placeholder-headshot.png differ
diff --git a/static/js/wompum.js b/static/js/wompum.js
index 6ac1cc5..5369d40 100644
--- a/static/js/wompum.js
+++ b/static/js/wompum.js
@@ -152,6 +152,93 @@ class ArticleGrid extends WompumGrid {
     }
 }
 
+class RadialWompumGrid {
+    constructor(element, size = 10) {
+        this.element = element; // Remove .parentElement
+        this.segments = size;
+        this.colorCalculator = new ColorCalculator();
+                this.sigil = Sigil.generate(this.element.dataset.text || '');
+    }
+
+    createSegment(index) {
+        const angle = (360 / this.segments);
+        // Add a small gap by reducing the arc angle
+        const gap = 2; // degrees of gap
+        const startAngle = (index * angle) + (gap / 2);
+        const endAngle = ((index + 1) * angle) - (gap / 2);
+        const outerRadius = 50;
+        const innerRadius = 0;
+
+        const start = this.polarToCartesian(startAngle, outerRadius);
+        const end = this.polarToCartesian(endAngle, outerRadius);
+        const innerStart = this.polarToCartesian(startAngle, innerRadius);
+        const innerEnd = this.polarToCartesian(endAngle, innerRadius);
+
+        const largeArcFlag = (angle - gap) > 180 ? 1 : 0;
+
+        const d = [
+            `M ${start.x} ${start.y}`,
+            `A ${outerRadius} ${outerRadius} 0 ${largeArcFlag} 1 ${end.x} ${end.y}`,
+            `L ${innerEnd.x} ${innerEnd.y}`,
+            `A ${innerRadius} ${innerRadius} 0 ${largeArcFlag} 0 ${innerStart.x} ${innerStart.y}`,
+            'Z'
+        ].join(' ');
+
+        const path = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'path');
+        path.setAttribute('d', d);
+        
+        const sigilDigit = this.getSigilDigit(index);
+        // Pass empty array for influences since we don't need adjacent segments
+        const color = this.colorCalculator.getColor(sigilDigit, []);
+        path.setAttribute('fill', color);
+        
+        return path;
+    }
+
+    polarToCartesian(angle, radius) {
+        const radian = (angle - 90) * Math.PI / 180.0;
+        return {
+            x: 50 + (radius * Math.cos(radian)),
+            y: 50 + (radius * Math.sin(radian))
+        };
+    }
+
+    getSigilDigit(position) {
+        if (!this.sigil || !this.sigil.length) return 0;
+        return this.sigil[position % this.sigil.length];
+    }
+
+    getInfluences(index) {
+        const prev = (index - 1 + this.segments) % this.segments;
+        const next = (index + 1) % this.segments;
+        return [
+            this.getSigilDigit(prev),
+            this.getSigilDigit(next)
+        ];
+    }
+
+    createSVG() {
+        const svg = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'svg');
+        svg.setAttribute('viewBox', '0 0 100 100');
+        svg.setAttribute('class', 'wompum-radial-grid');
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < this.segments; i++) {
+            svg.appendChild(this.createSegment(i));
+        }
+
+        return svg;
+    }
+
+    init() {
+        if (!this.sigil || !this.sigil.length) {
+            console.error('No sigil generated from text:', this.element.getAttribute('data-text'));
+            return;
+        }
+        const svg = this.createSVG();
+        this.element.insertBefore(svg, this.element.firstChild);
+    }
+}
+
 // Initialize grids
 document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
     // Initialize basic grids
@@ -172,4 +259,10 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
         const grid = new ArticleGrid(element, metadata);
         grid.init();
     });
+
+    // Initialize radial grids for profile images
+    document.querySelectorAll('.narrator__container').forEach(element => {
+        const grid = new RadialWompumGrid(element);
+        grid.init();
+    });
 });
\ No newline at end of file