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Wun Ngo Wen

Wun Ngo Wen is the Martian that landed on Earth around the time the Martian Spin was discovered. He is around 55 years old, short, dark skinned and rippled like a melon. Wun Ngo Wen was chosen as an ambassador by the Martians despite his limited space-traveling skills. He was picked among several thousand applicants mainly because of his encyclopedic knowledge of linguistics and other academic matters. Indeed, he managed to adapt to the social life on Earth and he quickly picked up the English language.

The Martians decided to send an ambassador back to Earth soon after they discovered the same Spin-related polar artifacts hovering over Mars' poles. Wun Ngo Wen was sent to Earth in a simple vessel and made the trip in a state of drug-induced deep sleep. He awoke shortly before crossing the Spin's membrane and survived the landing in Manitoba (Canada). He was kept...
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