Kresnik



Kresnik (クルースニク, Kuruusuniku) is a recurring demon in the series whose appearances and dialogue often revolve around his eternal enemy, Kudlak. To contrast his rival, he usually has a benevolent and noble personality acting as something of a white knight. He also has opposing resistances, being weak to ice yet often strong against fire attacks. As confirmed by Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, he was once a human before becoming the demon Kresnik.

History
Slovenia. A shaman who transformed into a white-coated animal to fight the Kudlak. In Croatian and Slovenian lore, a person born with a caul was destined to become either a Kudlak or a Kresnik. A person so destined to become a Kudlak would already begin a career of evil while still alive - his soul would leave his body at night in animal form and fly through the air to attack people or to magically do other harm to the community he lived in. When he died, he became an undead vampire who was then an even greater threat to the community. But if a person born with a caul became a Kresnik, he became a champion of the community. While he lived, his soul left his body in animal form at night to fight against both living and undead Kudlaks.

Where the kresnik was the representative of goodness and light, the kudlak symbolized evil and darkness.

Appearances

 * Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Genma Clan
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Genma
 * Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers: Genma
 * Shin Megami Tensei: DemiKids: Light Version
 * Shin Megami Tensei: DemiKids: Dark Version
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children Fire Book
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Children Ice Book
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: Genma Race
 * Devil Survivor 2: Genma Race