Act bound that can only be used for stuff in the 'Holy' sphere. However, since he has 4 spheres, it is mutable between his spheres, but only those 4.
And what is the Holy sphere?
The sphere of acting against destruction of <insert any object/creature/civilization/etc>.
If it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck, why are you calling it a Norwegian brown rat?
I'm just going to refer to it as a planet because it would wind up being the first thing that comes to mind.
Technically, life doesn't have to exist on the firmament.
If there are going to be ascendants and younger gods, there has to be. Younger gods come from civilizations believing in them, and ascendants are mortals with power.
Only because you believe that the universe needs a reliable light source, and actual life.
Truly, by doing things this way you're taking options away from players. You're forcing them to behave to an exact role. The light God has to create Light, and the forest God has to create life.
Surely, these things would have arosen no matter what Gods you had chosen, but in that case it would have been more interesting and unexpected.
Edit: I'd rather not argue about this, so let's just drop it. People are entrenched in their opinions, and due to people being difficult-impossible to have their opinions changed, any large argument would just result in nothing getting done besides anger from both sides.
Seized by sudden wrath, it stomped its foot on the ground with such force that pieces of it detached and flew up into the Aether, and there it suspended them to spite the void that it sought to defeat. Thrice it brought its foot down, and three is the number of pieces that were broken off.
Planets
and landforms created with the same amount of power. Efficient.
In that case, gravity gets interesting? Or is there none? It's a mystery.
That's godly magic for you.