Lamaia is actually a Humanoid as well, a direct offspring of her Epimeliad mother and another mortal, a Kovintus (Yoro or Nerha subgroup). Her Fey blood is still strong and barely diluted, which allows her to retain her mother's abilities to bond and protect a flock. As a result, she is a Fey-touched Sorcerer with powerful Fey bloodline, and still has the Fey trait.
Her parents loved each other, and traveled together for a while, raising their daughter along the way; her mother was always on the move to protect her flock, and her father was happy to explore the world, and search for echoes of 'the Valley' of his kind.
However, close to Meridian, her father died, before Lamaia really had a chance to know him, and his body was merged with the environment, like the rest of his kin. Lamaia continued traveling with her mother, but eventually grew up enough to take charge of her own herd, and separated, though promised to return. Ever since then, she's been drawn to Meridian without knowing why - this is because as a half-Kovintus, she was innately drawn to her father's resting place. She's thinking about settling here, but wants to visit her mother again before she does so; however, she's not sure where her mother is today.
As a result of her being a Humanoid, Lamaia was suspectible to the Curse of the Werebear, and suffers from it, unbeknownst to even her, ever since she was bitten while protecting her herd. Thus, she is an 'afflicted' werecreature, not a 'true' one. During full moon, she turns into a bear, and often hunts down members of her own flock of sheep. Her elusive powers make it hard for even herself to track down the killer of her herd, and deduce that she is the wolf bear in sheep's clothing.
With the arrival of the Maladaemon in Meridian, and the recent cracking of the Moon during Divine Intervention, Lamaia's curse was intensified, and she sometimes transforms even when it's not full moon. If she is lucky, she simply stumbles into the nearby Giant Bee hive, and feasts upon the honey there; if she is not, she feeds on her own charges.