maricruz was born in 14th century iberia to a moor family, got married and did the living her life thing. she was turned at the ripe old age of forty three and high tailed it to the americas after that. she spent most of her time feeding off of wealthy families as their nanny or caretaker. she fed off the children an exchange sold herself as a voodoo priestess of sorts who used her own blood for the psuedo magic 'potions'. she retired after the invention of the camera with a comfortable amount of funds from the families that she glamoured in to giving her a portion of their inheritances, and lives with the marquis in the garden district. he collects torture devices, she decorates it like a whorehouse in the swamps, they're very pleased with themselves. as far as personality goes, i'd peg her with a little helena bonham carter eccentric vibe. she's sort of renown for handing difficult people, so as an extra source of income she shows problematic fledglings and stray new vampires the ropes.