[@Antarctic Termite] Opening the door to bringing in gods directly throughout the RP is a good idea methinks. The only drawback I can think of is that the new character would have no immediate parental relation with anyone - that mechanic was meant to ease the new player into the game somewhat, have familiar characters etc. introduce them to various aspects. For a free RP, I don't think that should be too much of an issue though (I think? What would I know of free RPs >.<) and there is still the whole 'all the gods are siblings' thing to play off of.

And I like the idea of divine power coming into real play at level 3 (level 4's a bit too much xP). A compromise between Cyclone's permanently weakened gods and the current ever-powerful ones

Edit: ninjad