Lord Kresimir, frequently stylized in religious texts as the Lord Kresimir Above, is the supreme, monotheistic creator deity of Kresimirianism, the state religion of the Divine Republic of Kresimiria.
According to the sacred scripture detailed in the Books of Kresimir, He is the omnipotent architect of the universe who separated light from darkness, created the physical world (Zemlja), and established the celestial realm of heaven (Nebo). Unlike distant or passive deities in other faith traditions, Lord Kresimir is depicted as a highly active, intervening god who laid down absolute moral laws (the Zapo), physically reincarnated as an earthly king, and personally mandated the geographic borders of His “Holy Land,” directly laying the theological foundation for the modern Kresimirian authoritarian state.
Cosmogony and the Creation
The earliest history of Lord Kresimir is detailed in the Primum, the foundational text of the Kresimirian canon. Before the existence of the physical world, the Lord Kresimir hovered over a formless, untamed expanse of water draped in absolute darkness (Noc).
Desiring a realm of forms, He spoke light (Dan) into existence and deemed it splendid. To provide a space for His creations, He established a firmament to separate the waters, creating the physical earth, which He named Zemlja. Above this, He established His own Divine Empire, Nebo (Heaven).
His first living creations were the Vjetrusa, majestic divine birds modeled after His own celestial grace, commanded to multiply and fill the skies. Following the creation of earthly flora and fauna, Lord Kresimir crafted humanity in His own likeness, explicitly granting them dominion over Zemlja to serve as the physical keepers of His divinity.
Divine Interventions and the Zapo
According to the Primum, early humanity quickly fell into corruption, treating the earth with disrespect and forgetting their creator. Displeased with the barren state of Zemlja, Lord Kresimir descended to earth. To test humanity, He first appeared as a terrifying sea creature. When the people cowered in fear and ignorance, He revealed His true, radiant form and dictated the Zapo (The Four Laws):
- Love of Brethren: A mandate for unity and peace among true believers.
- Sanctity of the Earth: A command to protect nature and keep Zemlja habitable.
- True Faith: Absolute devotion to the Lord Kresimir Above.
- Pursuit of Knowledge: The duty to seek order, record history, and pursue divine wisdom.
The Creation of Soton
As Lord Kresimir surveyed the earth, He became acutely aware of the evils of greed. Observing Kar Simun, the wicked King of Epirus who hoarded wealth while his subjects suffered, the Lord Kresimir created a place of eternal punishment called Soton (Hell). He physically removed Kar Simun from the mortal realm and bound him to the gates of Soton to serve as its eternal guardian and judge of damned souls.
Conversely, to reward absolute devotion, He visited the devout mortal Zvonomir. Impressed by Zvonomir’s innate knowledge of the Zapo, Lord Kresimir elevated him to the status of Prophet, eventually bringing him to the metaphysical “Oasis of Raja” before placing him at the Steps of Nebo to guard the entrance to Heaven.
The Holy Land and Reincarnation
Lord Kresimir’s most significant geopolitical act was the designation of His earthly empire. Discovering the righteous people of Yllyria enslaved by the descendants of the wicked Kar Simun, He incited a holy rebellion. After casting the non-believer King Kar Josip into Soton, Lord Kresimir renamed the liberated land “Kroatijah” (after the kroats, or root vegetables, dug by the faithful laborers). This land corresponds directly to the modern borders of Kresimiria.
Recognizing that His people required a physical leader to maintain their faith, Lord Kresimir orchestrated His own “Second Coming.” He appeared to the holy man Chrobatos in Sinj, promising a divine child. Without mortal conception, Chrobatos’s wife Mirana gave birth to King Kresimir I, who was revealed to be the Lord Kresimir Himself reborn in human form to rule Zemlja. This lineage forms the theological justification for the absolute authority of the modern Divine Chancellor, who is considered the spiritual inheritor of this mandate.
Physical Description
Because the Lord Kresimir is an omnipresent deity, physical descriptions of Him are exceedingly rare in the texts, usually limited to manifestations of pure light and burning flame.
However, the Book of Zvonomir contains the only canonical description of His “True Form,” as witnessed by the Prophet Zvonomir in the Oasis of Raja:
- He is described as being “as tall as a thousand Keration trees.”
- He possesses the grace of a thousand Vjetrusa birds.
- His voice resonates “with the might of a thousand storms of noise and light,” yet soothes true believers like cool water.
- His eyes contain the vastness of the cosmos, appearing as “a thousand constellatia deep into my soul.”
- His head is adorned with a celestial diadem, a “crown of Stars that lie below Nebo.”
Modern Political Role
In the Divine Republic of Kresimiria, the Lord Kresimir is not merely a spiritual figure; He is the ultimate legal authority. The state justifies its rigid authoritarianism by framing all secular laws as direct extensions of His will.
The Council for Divinity acts as His exclusive interpreter on earth. Furthermore, the Faith Restriction Clause of the Constitution—which strips voting rights from non-believers, specifically the Pravoslavic Bosken minority—is politically justified by citing Lord Kresimir’s historical division of humanity into “Believers” destined for Nebo and “Non-Believers” destined for Soton. In Kresimirian statecraft, to oppose the government in Sinj is to legally and theologically declare war on the Lord Kresimir Himself.