Oh for sure making something from nothing is a abhorrent violation of everything science, but in fantasy worlds a lot of the time its better to break one big rule than to break a bunch of little rules

ergo Draken's description of a divine gift makes the most sense

in a weird sort of way, this world seems heavily mythological in a sense, kind of a like a story we'd tell around campfires. The ice-covered map adds to that feeling as well