Roads to Wine and Glory Being a System for Picaresque Misadventure

The Duchy has a functioning postal service, a civil service that runs on stamps and collective resentment, and a folklore that has never agreed to stay historical.

Spirits file permit objections.

Minor household gods issue counter-notices.

The Ministry of Occult Regulation employs forty-three staff, has jurisdiction over everything, and is six months behind on its caseload.

This is not a scandal. As far as anyone can determine, it's policy.

You are not heroes.

You are a collection of the resourceful, the over-credentialed, the recently unlucky, and the strategically shameless.

The Duchy has problems it cannot officially acknowledge having. You have been retained to provide resolution.

A convincing manner and a plausible document will get you most of the way.

The last bit requires improvisation, wine of negotiable quality, and a willingness to negotiate with things that should not be negotiable.