Confused

[Eye_Gore]

Also doesn't explain why the original quest/daily giver went to a red tinged overhead mark, indicating some reason why one can NOT pick up said quest.

The reason this happens is because the quest requires you to bring back an item drop from that FATE. So until you have the item the icon remains red, meaning you can't complete it. Once you have the item it will turn green.

The other reason for the icon on the FATE, is the type of FATE. The ! is a boss FATE, kill enemy FATE will be indicated by an axe, lance, sword that are crossed, defense FATE is a castle rook, gather items FATE is a satchel, and escort FATE is a shield.

[Neophyte]

The blueish exclamation mark only shows you where the according fate will spawn eventually. You'll encounter those marks when unlocking the Crystal Tower-raid, too.

tyi: You may not know that you can get the Fate-drops always, although you're not having the quests right now.
If you're starting with a beasttribe you can look at http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wi...d_Daily_Quests for example, search for "Fate" and do those whenever your stumbling over them.

Don't get to much though, it's random if you get the quest often enugh to spend all items. I had to throw away at least 10 fate-items (across all beastrtribes) when I was done with the tribes. -.- ^^