This character is a priestess (or mambo) based on those following the Vodun religion of West Africa, the progenitor faith of Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Hoodoo. When designing her, I wanted to get away from the spooky connotations that Western media has often imposed on “voodoo”, but I nonetheless thought she would look cool if she had a crocodile skull attached to her staff (and it might be justified anyway since animal parts such as skulls can become sacred talismans in Vodun).