Belal

Belal is a gifted human, and one of the tiles used to form Wren and Zachary. He has the power of being able to explore the physical worlds of his memories.

Prior to SPINES
Belal was one of the gifted people used by the former leader of The Splinter to create Wren and Zachary, for his powers of traveling to memories. He is the only one of Wren's tiles shown to have forgiven her for her part in the ritual.

Episode 104: What Happened in the Attic
In episode 104 Wren talks about how she received two gifts - three willow tree leaves, and then a frog, who she named Akira, from Belal. Wren initially assumed they were meant as warnings, or calls for help.

Wren's Memories
Wren shares her memory from Belal in Episode 103: Three Coins in the Sinkhole.

A memory from before the attic. ''I’m at work. I don’t know for sure what kind of work I do, but I sit at a desk and feel bored and depressed. There’s something I’m supposed to be working on, something with spreadsheets. But I know it’s bullshit, and I hate the people I’m supposed to be doing it for anyways, so why bother. I tell myself I’ll doze in my chair for just a few minutes, and then I’ll be energized and I’ll get back to work. I know it’s probably not true, but it’s the deal I make with myself. So I close my eyes, and I think about a much nicer place.'' ''It’s an old library, a place I think visited when I was a kid. There are multiple floors, and a spiral staircase leading up the center of the building. It’s quiet, and smells of books are comforting and make me happy. In this memory, I feel the office chair disappear under me, and there’s a whoosh of air around my face, and when I open my eyes, I really am in that library from my childhood.''

''The really weird part of this memory-aside from, you know, all of it-is that I’m pretty sure I remember myself as a man in this one. At least, from the clothes and the heaviness of the build, it certainly feels like I was a man. I’m not trans, I’m pretty sure, so I don’t think I ever lived as a man. So why do I remember it that way?''

Trivia

 * Belal is one of the few tiles who has their memory shared in the episode directly preceding their debut.