I actually got bored last night and ran around all the cities talking to people and seeing their reactions to the events of the story, really most of the real info comes from the guild leaders, FC sergeants, adventurer's guild heads, a hand full of Ishgardians, and the few Crystal Braves that you can talk to, but the gist seems to be, that the Sultana's death has in fact been kept a close guarded secret from the general public, and those who know are either the people working for the Syndicate, or those few trusted people close to you (the above mentioned people) who have been informed by The Admiral, Seedseer, and, uh, the new little Flame Marshal(?) guy. Also interesting to Note that all Crystal Brave presence has been removed from Gridania and Limsa, while they still maintain a presence in Ul'Dah and, of course, Rev Toll.

And, on a totally random, unrelated note, is anyone else expecting the epic facepalm moment of Raubahn getting set up with a Magitek Arm?