Contest Winner Cameo: The author asked fans and readers to submit characters that would appear in the story between chapters 27 and 29, which all revolve around the melting pot port city of Hope's Point. Chapter 27 brings us Cookie Dough and Haute Couture, Chapter 28 will bring Honey Buns, and Chapter 29 brings Gadget, Crossfire, Spark Plug, and Voltage Surge. Chapter 31 brought us Fireburst.
Cookie Dough is a cook and owner and proprietor of Buns 'n' Stuff, the most popular restaurant in the city. Her special talent is turning the Dolor Company brands of foods into something not only edible, but delicious. She apparently knew Lockwood when she lived in New Pandemonium and considers him a friend, and he is responsible for helping her achieve her dream of owning a fancy restaurant.
Haute Couture is a fashion designer who owns the shop Le Boutique Des Mircales, a shop that makes custom outfits that delights Rarity to no end. He looks very similar to Rarity as well, and his manner of speaking and acting is clearly based on actor George Takei.
Honey Buns is a waitress at the Wyrm's Head pub that the party goes to to celebrate Lockwood's recovery, and works there with her two sisters, Cinnamon Buns and Saffron Buns. She has a southern accent like Applejack does, and a very pronounced backside that attracts all sorts of lookers.
Gadget, an obvious Expy of Gadget Hackwrench, is one of Queen Blackburn's two bodyguards, and serves as her second-in-command. In line with the character she's based on, she is a Gadgeteer Genius, who has apparently perfected the first small-scale energy weapon in Equestria-V (the only small guns we see used are various projectile-based weaponry; energy weapons seem restricted to the massive airships the NPAF use).
Crossfire, Queen Blackburn's other bodyguard, a big, burly, but extremely friendly stallion with a talent for utilizing firearms. He too has a southern accent, and according to Blackburn herself, has the same exact accent Applejack has.
Voltage *Volt" Surge is one of Spark Plug's most trusted technicians and Gadget's boyfriend. He is very skilled at engineering, and has a severe leech sediment that makes him mix up words. Sorry, speech impediment.
Fireburst is a miner from the city of Deepgrove on the Utopian continent who talks like a southern belle and makes fast friends with Applejack.
