Wikram Abasi

(CoFE) Session 3-10

Wikram Abasi is a former member of CoFE with a specialty in chemistry. He worked with Malcolm on a lot of his projects, most notably the Astral Gate. He is one of 8 CoFE members to be seen during the Campaign and is among those with the shortest screen time. Out of all CoFE members, Wikram is the only one to display any form of natural moral backbone, as seen in Session 1-4, where you can also see how far that got him.

## Description

Wikram is a man of Nigerian decent at 172 cm, he wears lightly colored glasses and has curly hair. In every instance seen he's been in some form of casual formal wear with a lab coat on.

### Personality

Though not much was seen of him face to face, flashbacks and later conversations about him point to Wikram being a kind and timid person, a stark opposite to Malcolm. Even though only one 'casual' conversation between Penelope and Wikram has been seen it's clear he cared for her deeply.

## Background

Malcolm and Wikram studied at the same university and founded the Committee of Future Events together. Wikram was also close with Malcolm's wife. He worked on the Astral gate with Malcolm and also worked on the PIP, though he was never told what it was for. The two of them also worked on version 1 of the memory surfer together and Wikram later remade it during his time with Jorik.

In logs found at the Observatory Wikram expresses concern about Malcolm not taking enough care with his work on the Astral Gate after Ollie is fired. He is later present when the machine fails and runs away in a panic when he realizes that Malcolm and Penelope (presumably) are dead. At some point after this he is found by Jorik who forces him to work for him. During this time Wikram perfects his formula for Power, Energy, and E2.

## Major Appearances

Wikram makes two in person appearances in CoFE and three appearances through the memory surfer.

### (CoFE) Arc 1

We first see Wikram in a group photo from Martin's Lab, then find his logs in the Observatory talking about the Astral gate and Malcolm's daughter. He's first seen when Ollie uses the Memory Surfer and sees them taking the formerly mentioned group picture and the founding of CoFE.
In Session 1-4 gang first stumble upon his office at Jorik's compound and Wikram later tries to stop Jorik from killing Pip, Jorik ignores what he says and kills him on the spot with a lightning strike. He's later briefly seen when Ollie once again uses the memory surfer.

### (CoFE) Arc 3

When Ollie, Gen, and Vanessa are trying to find their way out of the Catacombs of Avernium they find Jorik, who tells them that Wikram passed his cell not too long ago. Ollie decides to chase after him and follows the river down stream, eventually coming to a door which opens out onto a field where Wikram is sitting on a bench. After a short conversation Ollie asks him to leave with them through the door and Wikram says he can't see it. He asks Ollie to tell Malcolm he forgives him and Ollie asks him to save them a spot.

## Quotes

* "I thought I had killed her but I didn't, and I'm not going to let *you* do it!" - To Jorik, Session 1-4

## Trivia

* In Athena's Library Session 2-1, Wikram is seen alongside Malcolm and Martin during one of their first successful trips back in time.