Editing Police and Thieves - Zazie Scrapbook

=Hartnell & Dubois Incorporated=
A bulk perishables and consumptive luxury wholesaler, H&D Inc. trades in food, delicacies and alcohol. With office space rented at the Azurite Guild-Temple on the docks, warehouse space on the waterfront, and staff enough to ensure a smooth operation, H&D Inc. is a well respected company throughout the Spire - sourcing food both locally and through imports before acting as a supplier to the city at large. Hartnell and Dubois have been attempting to expand operations further, but are struggling to gain more of the market than they already have without risking ruinous trade wars with their competition. At present, Isabelle is ''slightly'' undercutting her rivals- funnelling her personal money into H&D Inc. to support the company while seeking to erode the alternatives. 

The income from H&D Inc. serves both Hartnell and Dubois very well indeed. Isabelle herself owns a wealthy town-house in East-Middlespire, and she could possibly own better (and higher!) if she stretched her legitimate finances in unsensible ways. 

=Smokes and Powder= 
An unofficial and entirely illicit operation, Smokes and Powder is the underground 'trade name' of Zazie Smokes' illegal arms dealing network. With contacts in customs, and the port authority, Zazie procures weaponry in bulk: her suppliers making a pretty penny on the mark-up while she flips the guns on the Spire's black market for a greater mark-up still. What sets Smokes and Power apart from its competition is Zazie's available capital: allowing her to source form legitimate manufacturers (or those with legitimately manufactured guns) - making her weaponry significantly more refined than the illicitly manufactured alternatives (the typical 'home-grown' option).  

Smokes and Powder rents warehouse space as and when required through a variety of channels. And Zazie herself has several safe-houses leased under alternate identities - out of which she conducts much of her illegal business dealings. A significant amount of the profit Smokes and Powder generates is swiftly funnelled back into Hartnell & Dubois Incorporated - funding Isabelle's gentle undercutting of her competition.