Man beast or not, he's still a Lycan, and Lords of Shadow makes him one too.
Cornell is also not a large bearded man with a sledgehammer is he? He also was not a member of some order of knights.
LoS Cornell is a reference in name and character type. AKA a man named Cornell who is a Lycan.
Much like Carmilla is just a vampire lady named Carmilla. The basic gists are still just fine.