We prove that some relative character varieties of the fundamental group of a punctured sphere into the Hermitian Lie groups $\mathrm{SU}(p. q)$ admit compact connected components. The representations in these components have several counter-intuitive properties. For instance. https://www.duospiritalis.com/limited-deal-Radio-Birdman-Rock-Roll-Soldiers-T-Shirt-super-grab/