Story Elements that need to be added or improved:

[Enkidoh]

5) Why did the moogles accept a strange gift from a masked man that looks nothing like a wood wailer and projects a dark, menacing aura to summon their king, Moggle Mog? I never imagined the moogles to be this stupid, and I kind of expected they'd be able to tell the difference between a common wood wailer and a complete stranger, given they have lived in the woods for ages.

6) Why do the beastmen tribes trust the ascians enough to accept strange gifts from them? They inhabit human bodies, which gives them the appearance of their mortal enemy, and they give off a dark and menacing aura. From what I know about ascians, the beastmen should be killing them on sight

Adding to what Noloe already mentioned, 1.0 clearly stated that the beastmen have a myth about the Paragons (told to the player by the sylphs), that in times of trouble the Paragons would appear and 'lead them to the wisdom of the Primals'. It's not too hard of a stretch therefore to see that the Ascians calling on the beastmen would have been taken by most of the beast tribes as their saviours, with obvious results.

Much of the Path of the Twelve storyline involved the player and their Path Companion going on an (ultimately unresolved) investigation into the Paragons because of this - they figured if they could find a Paragon there was a possibility that they could convince them to influence the beast tribes into laying down their arms. Of course in hindsight this seems somewhat naive, but as Noloe mentioned, the Paragon/Ascian connection wasn't actually known at that stage.

It's also stated repeatedly in ARR that the Ascians are experts at manipulation, that they prey on the weak minded and vulnerable, promising power and knowledge to those who feel put upon or powerless - the SMN Job quest line actually features this as a major plotline in particular.