Draenor – currently called Outland – is a planet in the Warcraft universe, a fictional universe in which a series of games and books are set. The planet is the homeworld of the Orcs and Ogres, and the adoptive homeworld of the Draenei.
General information
Draenor is briefly referred to in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness; although in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne players visit this blasted hellish world of the Orcs.
Draenor was a planet with a relatively warm climate, moderate seasons, and the majority of its landmasses covered with prairies and woods of giant mushroom-like plants. However, primarily of note was the color of the sky, which varied from a vivid orange to deep red.
Draenor was the home of the noble and shamanic Orcs, the brutish Ogres, and the exiled Draenei.
After being chased by their corrupted Eredar brethren for many millennia, the Draenei - or "Exiled Ones" in the Eredar language - came upon the remote planet. They decided to settle there and name it Draenor, or "Exile's Refuge." They soon discovered the peaceful and shamanic Orcs. Despite some trading, both societies never gave much thought to the other.
However, the orcs were later corrupted by the Burning Legion and turned into ferocious and merciless warriors by the blood of Mannoroth. They also began to wield warlock magic that caused the corruption of the whole planet. Little by little, the prairies disappeared, giving way to red and blasted wastelands. Under the Legion's influence, the Orcish Horde slaughtered the Draenei, who up until that time were the dominant race in Draenor. While some of the remaining 20% of the Draenei fled the planet in their interdimensional ship "The Exodar" which was damaged in the attack and crashed in the Azuremyst Isles on Azeroth. Those left behind remained scattered and hidden, most were mutated physically by the warlock magic that they were exposed to, became known as "The Broken".
Later, the opening of too many waygates by Ner'zhul caused the partial destruction of Draenor. The chaotic energies from the portals violently shook the entire planet, ripping open large rifts into the Twisting Nether, rendering the world into pieces. Still, one remnant of Draenor, the Hellfire Peninsula and the majority of the southern continent remain after the explosion and is suspended as a still-habitable planetoid, thereafter referred to as the Outland.
One of the many brutal pit lords of the Burning Legion, Magtheridon, took control of the world with his demonic troops after Mannoroth was destroyed by Thrall and Grom Hellscream. The pit lord continued to rule by transforming most of surviving orcs into Fel Orcs (also known as Red Orcs) and assumed power, marking the center of his domain with the Black Citadel. From there he ruled over Outland with the aid of his most trusted lieutenants - The Master of Pain and The Mistress of Torment.
Illidan Stormrage fled to Outland with his lieutenants, Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider and Lady Vashj, as well as their armies of Blood Elves and Naga. Illidan fled to Outland in hopes of escaping the Wrath of the Demon Kil'jaeden, whom Illidan had angered by failing to destroy Ner'zhul, the Lich King. Illidan successfully invaded The Black Citadel, shutting down the remaining demonic portals, enslaving the Pit Lord, and claiming the throne as his own.
Illidan now reigns over the Black Citadel in the Shadowmoon Valley, attended by a host of demons, Fel Orcs, Draenei, Blood Elves and Naga. Most of the Blood Elves, including Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider, occupy The Mana Forges in the Netherstorm, along with the mysterious Tempest Keep; while Lady Vashj and her Naga are to be found in Coilfang Reservoir, in Zangarmarsh. Auchindoun, the Draenei temple/tombs which lie in ruins due to the Alliance Invasion of Draenor, occupies the center of the Bone Wastes, just south of the Draenei capital "Shattrath" in Terokkar Forest. The Dark Portal and Hellfire Citadel still stand to the east in Hellfire Peninsula, which serves as the prison of Magtheridon. Here, Illidan uses the Pit Lord's blood to experiment in ways of making his Fel Orcs even stronger.
Locales of Draenor
Hellfire Peninsula
* The Dark Portal
* The Hellfire Citadel, stronghold of the fel orcs of Outland
** Hellfire Ramparts
** The Blood Furnace
** The Shattered Halls
** Magtheridon's Lair
* Honor Hold ( Alliance outpost )
* Temple of Telhamat ( Alliance outpost )
* Thrallmar ( Horde outpost )
* Falcon Watch ( Horde outpost )
* Throne of Kil'jaeden, stronghold of Doom Lord Kazzak, leader of the Burning Legion in Outland
Zangarmarsh
* Coilfang Reservoir, the fortress of Lady Vashj and the Naga
** The Slave Pens
** The Underbog
** The Steam Vault
** Serpentshrine Cavern
* Cenarion Refuge (headquarters of the Cenarion Expedition)
* Sporeggar (home of the Sporelings)
* Telredor (Alliance outpost)
* Orebor Harborage (Alliance outpost)
* Zabra'jin (Horde outpost)
* Swamprat Outpost (Horde outpost)
Terokkar Forest
* Auchindoun, a former draenei necropolis and Horde fortress
** Mana-Tombs
** Auchenai Crypts
** Sethekk Halls
** Shadow Labyrinth
* Shattrath City (neutral city)
* Allerian Stronghold (Alliance outpost)
* Stonebreaker Hold (Horde outpost)
Nagrand
* Aeris Landing (outpost of the Consortium)
* Halaa (contested outpost)
* Telaar (Alliance outpost)
* Garadar (Horde outpost)
Blade's Edge Mountains
* Gruul's Lair, stronghold of the gronn overlords of Outland
* Sylvanaar (Alliance outpost)
* Toshley's Station (Alliance outpost)
* Thunderlord Stronghold (Horde outpost)
* Mok'Nathal Village (Horde Outpost)
* Evergrove (outpost of the Cenarion Expedition)
Netherstorm
* Tempest Keep, the Stronghold of Kael'thas Sunstrider
** The Mechanar
** The Botanica
** The Arcatraz
** The Eye
* Area 52 (neutral outpost)
* The Stormspire (headquarters of the Consortium)
* Cosmowrench (neutral outpost)
* Eye of the Storm, new 15-man battleground, level 61-70
Shadowmoon Valley
* Black Temple, fortress of Illidan
* Sanctum of the Stars (outpost of the Scryers of Shattrath)
* Altar of Sha'tar (outpost of the Aldor of Shattrath)
* Wildhammer Stronghold (Alliance outpost)
* Shadowmoon Village (Horde outpost)
Native creatures of Draenor
Humanoids
* Orcs
* Ogres
* New forms of Draenei:
** Draenei (pure and uncorrupted)
** The Broken (a degraded form of the Eredar Draenei)
** The Lost Ones (a further degraded form)
* Draenor Giants
Note: The Draenor giants are rarely mentioned or referenced. The only reference to them was concerning the Temples of the Damned used by the Orcs in the Second Great War and the Scourge in the Third. The temples are made from the bones of the petrified corpses of a race of giants that were native to Draenor.
Destruction
After the Second War, the Alliance finally breached the Dark Portal and invaded Outland, to find that Orc shamans under Ner`Zul were attempting to open several dimensional portals to other, yet unconquered planets. This both succeeded and failed. The portals were opened, but the planet could not bear the power of the magic used, and Draenor splintered apart. Outland is the only remaining part of Draenor that can be accessed by Azerothians, and is the main hotspot in the Burning Crusade-Illidari-Azerothi War, as it is the main point where all three powers converge. There may be as yet many other undiscovered parts of Draenor remaining in the Great Dark. However, one can safely assume that Outland is the largest piece remaining, and probably the only bit inhabited (Save for a few unlucky indivduals trapped on various chunks of rock floating around in space).
General information
Draenor is briefly referred to in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness; although in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne players visit this blasted hellish world of the Orcs.
Draenor was a planet with a relatively warm climate, moderate seasons, and the majority of its landmasses covered with prairies and woods of giant mushroom-like plants. However, primarily of note was the color of the sky, which varied from a vivid orange to deep red.
Draenor was the home of the noble and shamanic Orcs, the brutish Ogres, and the exiled Draenei.
After being chased by their corrupted Eredar brethren for many millennia, the Draenei - or "Exiled Ones" in the Eredar language - came upon the remote planet. They decided to settle there and name it Draenor, or "Exile's Refuge." They soon discovered the peaceful and shamanic Orcs. Despite some trading, both societies never gave much thought to the other.
However, the orcs were later corrupted by the Burning Legion and turned into ferocious and merciless warriors by the blood of Mannoroth. They also began to wield warlock magic that caused the corruption of the whole planet. Little by little, the prairies disappeared, giving way to red and blasted wastelands. Under the Legion's influence, the Orcish Horde slaughtered the Draenei, who up until that time were the dominant race in Draenor. While some of the remaining 20% of the Draenei fled the planet in their interdimensional ship "The Exodar" which was damaged in the attack and crashed in the Azuremyst Isles on Azeroth. Those left behind remained scattered and hidden, most were mutated physically by the warlock magic that they were exposed to, became known as "The Broken".
Later, the opening of too many waygates by Ner'zhul caused the partial destruction of Draenor. The chaotic energies from the portals violently shook the entire planet, ripping open large rifts into the Twisting Nether, rendering the world into pieces. Still, one remnant of Draenor, the Hellfire Peninsula and the majority of the southern continent remain after the explosion and is suspended as a still-habitable planetoid, thereafter referred to as the Outland.
One of the many brutal pit lords of the Burning Legion, Magtheridon, took control of the world with his demonic troops after Mannoroth was destroyed by Thrall and Grom Hellscream. The pit lord continued to rule by transforming most of surviving orcs into Fel Orcs (also known as Red Orcs) and assumed power, marking the center of his domain with the Black Citadel. From there he ruled over Outland with the aid of his most trusted lieutenants - The Master of Pain and The Mistress of Torment.
Illidan Stormrage fled to Outland with his lieutenants, Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider and Lady Vashj, as well as their armies of Blood Elves and Naga. Illidan fled to Outland in hopes of escaping the Wrath of the Demon Kil'jaeden, whom Illidan had angered by failing to destroy Ner'zhul, the Lich King. Illidan successfully invaded The Black Citadel, shutting down the remaining demonic portals, enslaving the Pit Lord, and claiming the throne as his own.
Illidan now reigns over the Black Citadel in the Shadowmoon Valley, attended by a host of demons, Fel Orcs, Draenei, Blood Elves and Naga. Most of the Blood Elves, including Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider, occupy The Mana Forges in the Netherstorm, along with the mysterious Tempest Keep; while Lady Vashj and her Naga are to be found in Coilfang Reservoir, in Zangarmarsh. Auchindoun, the Draenei temple/tombs which lie in ruins due to the Alliance Invasion of Draenor, occupies the center of the Bone Wastes, just south of the Draenei capital "Shattrath" in Terokkar Forest. The Dark Portal and Hellfire Citadel still stand to the east in Hellfire Peninsula, which serves as the prison of Magtheridon. Here, Illidan uses the Pit Lord's blood to experiment in ways of making his Fel Orcs even stronger.
Locales of Draenor
Hellfire Peninsula
* The Dark Portal
* The Hellfire Citadel, stronghold of the fel orcs of Outland
** Hellfire Ramparts
** The Blood Furnace
** The Shattered Halls
** Magtheridon's Lair
* Honor Hold ( Alliance outpost )
* Temple of Telhamat ( Alliance outpost )
* Thrallmar ( Horde outpost )
* Falcon Watch ( Horde outpost )
* Throne of Kil'jaeden, stronghold of Doom Lord Kazzak, leader of the Burning Legion in Outland
Zangarmarsh
* Coilfang Reservoir, the fortress of Lady Vashj and the Naga
** The Slave Pens
** The Underbog
** The Steam Vault
** Serpentshrine Cavern
* Cenarion Refuge (headquarters of the Cenarion Expedition)
* Sporeggar (home of the Sporelings)
* Telredor (Alliance outpost)
* Orebor Harborage (Alliance outpost)
* Zabra'jin (Horde outpost)
* Swamprat Outpost (Horde outpost)
Terokkar Forest
* Auchindoun, a former draenei necropolis and Horde fortress
** Mana-Tombs
** Auchenai Crypts
** Sethekk Halls
** Shadow Labyrinth
* Shattrath City (neutral city)
* Allerian Stronghold (Alliance outpost)
* Stonebreaker Hold (Horde outpost)
Nagrand
* Aeris Landing (outpost of the Consortium)
* Halaa (contested outpost)
* Telaar (Alliance outpost)
* Garadar (Horde outpost)
Blade's Edge Mountains
* Gruul's Lair, stronghold of the gronn overlords of Outland
* Sylvanaar (Alliance outpost)
* Toshley's Station (Alliance outpost)
* Thunderlord Stronghold (Horde outpost)
* Mok'Nathal Village (Horde Outpost)
* Evergrove (outpost of the Cenarion Expedition)
Netherstorm
* Tempest Keep, the Stronghold of Kael'thas Sunstrider
** The Mechanar
** The Botanica
** The Arcatraz
** The Eye
* Area 52 (neutral outpost)
* The Stormspire (headquarters of the Consortium)
* Cosmowrench (neutral outpost)
* Eye of the Storm, new 15-man battleground, level 61-70
Shadowmoon Valley
* Black Temple, fortress of Illidan
* Sanctum of the Stars (outpost of the Scryers of Shattrath)
* Altar of Sha'tar (outpost of the Aldor of Shattrath)
* Wildhammer Stronghold (Alliance outpost)
* Shadowmoon Village (Horde outpost)
Native creatures of Draenor
Humanoids
* Orcs
* Ogres
* New forms of Draenei:
** Draenei (pure and uncorrupted)
** The Broken (a degraded form of the Eredar Draenei)
** The Lost Ones (a further degraded form)
* Draenor Giants
Note: The Draenor giants are rarely mentioned or referenced. The only reference to them was concerning the Temples of the Damned used by the Orcs in the Second Great War and the Scourge in the Third. The temples are made from the bones of the petrified corpses of a race of giants that were native to Draenor.
Destruction
After the Second War, the Alliance finally breached the Dark Portal and invaded Outland, to find that Orc shamans under Ner`Zul were attempting to open several dimensional portals to other, yet unconquered planets. This both succeeded and failed. The portals were opened, but the planet could not bear the power of the magic used, and Draenor splintered apart. Outland is the only remaining part of Draenor that can be accessed by Azerothians, and is the main hotspot in the Burning Crusade-Illidari-Azerothi War, as it is the main point where all three powers converge. There may be as yet many other undiscovered parts of Draenor remaining in the Great Dark. However, one can safely assume that Outland is the largest piece remaining, and probably the only bit inhabited (Save for a few unlucky indivduals trapped on various chunks of rock floating around in space).
Madoaism is the art of finding inner peace and achieving eternal happiness, through the external art of deadly Martial arts. The goal of all Madoaists is to take one life for every year they have lived.
History
Madoaism was created by Sergeant Jesse Madore. Jesse Madore was a city kid, born and raised in Burlington, Ontario. After graduating from Assumption Catholic Secondary School, Jesse moved on to become a priest at his local Parish. According to the Books of Madoasim, Jesse found no interest or any feeling in the Catholic Faith. So he left the Parish at age 25, and with no direction or anything to rely on, he joined the Canadian Forces.
As it is told in the AneAatnate, the Madoaism book of worship, it is said that while on a recon mission on the outside of Baghdad, Jesse became enlightened. He felt the word of God, and according to the AneAatnate, God smote his fellow soldiers, and funneled their life force into him- And Jesse reached euozaiqovia - A state of eternal bliss. From there, it is said that Jesse relinquished himself of all his possessions: including his clothes, weapons, food and water, and with Gods instruction, began wandering in to the desert.
The start of Madoaism
According to the Books of Madoaism, Jesse showed up exactly forty days later, in Kavala, Greece, as naked as he supposedly was when he left Baghdad. According to several university professors, traveling naked from Baghdad to Kavala is impossible. He could not speak any Greek, and because of his appearance, most thought he was retarded. Only an old man known just as Aeneas took him in. Aeneas raised Madore back from starvation. And according to the AneAatnate, God told Madore to reward the man's kindness- by killing him. It is said that with one palm strike, the force of Jesse's attack punched through the skin and attacked the man's weak heart, killing him. This was the start of Madaoism, both the religion and the martial arts.
This is ironic, because the name Aeneas means "Worthy of Praise".
Greece
After killing Aeneas, Jesse once more felt that power and happiness he felt after God had funneled his team's life into him. Afterwards, Jesse stitched himself a traditional Greek Toga out of Aeneas' clothing. Then, he went to the center of the town, standing outside of city hall, and began to preach. In the AneAatnate, it is said that Madore simply opened up his mouth and "... let the tongue of God speak through ." - Book of Aeneas, 16:2, AneAatnate. It is said, in that book, that all who heard Madore preach in these unheard of tongues, understood him exactly.
Refernces
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History
Madoaism was created by Sergeant Jesse Madore. Jesse Madore was a city kid, born and raised in Burlington, Ontario. After graduating from Assumption Catholic Secondary School, Jesse moved on to become a priest at his local Parish. According to the Books of Madoasim, Jesse found no interest or any feeling in the Catholic Faith. So he left the Parish at age 25, and with no direction or anything to rely on, he joined the Canadian Forces.
As it is told in the AneAatnate, the Madoaism book of worship, it is said that while on a recon mission on the outside of Baghdad, Jesse became enlightened. He felt the word of God, and according to the AneAatnate, God smote his fellow soldiers, and funneled their life force into him- And Jesse reached euozaiqovia - A state of eternal bliss. From there, it is said that Jesse relinquished himself of all his possessions: including his clothes, weapons, food and water, and with Gods instruction, began wandering in to the desert.
The start of Madoaism
According to the Books of Madoaism, Jesse showed up exactly forty days later, in Kavala, Greece, as naked as he supposedly was when he left Baghdad. According to several university professors, traveling naked from Baghdad to Kavala is impossible. He could not speak any Greek, and because of his appearance, most thought he was retarded. Only an old man known just as Aeneas took him in. Aeneas raised Madore back from starvation. And according to the AneAatnate, God told Madore to reward the man's kindness- by killing him. It is said that with one palm strike, the force of Jesse's attack punched through the skin and attacked the man's weak heart, killing him. This was the start of Madaoism, both the religion and the martial arts.
This is ironic, because the name Aeneas means "Worthy of Praise".
Greece
After killing Aeneas, Jesse once more felt that power and happiness he felt after God had funneled his team's life into him. Afterwards, Jesse stitched himself a traditional Greek Toga out of Aeneas' clothing. Then, he went to the center of the town, standing outside of city hall, and began to preach. In the AneAatnate, it is said that Madore simply opened up his mouth and "... let the tongue of God speak through ." - Book of Aeneas, 16:2, AneAatnate. It is said, in that book, that all who heard Madore preach in these unheard of tongues, understood him exactly.
Refernces
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"A Beautiful Sunset" is the upcoming standolone article of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight series of comic books, based upon the television series of the same name, and is written by Joss Whedon.
Plot
An ill-prepared Buffy Summers comes face to face with the new Big Bad in the form of an old- fahioned death match in this standalone issue titled "A Beautiful Sunset."
Production
Writing and Artwork
Joss Whedon wrote the series' third standalone issue. It introduces the "big bad" of the season, who instigates a fight with Buffy.
This is the first cover in the series produced by Jon Foster instead of Jo Chen.
Covers
Canonical issues
:
This series has been described as 'canon' by both Whedon and various commentators. As the creator of Buffy, Joss Whedon's association with Buffyverse story is often linked to how canonical the various stories are. Since Whedon is writing this story, it will be seen as a continuation of the official continuity established by Buffy and Angel.
This may mean it contradicts information given in the previously released non-canonical Queen of the Slayers, and it could potentially contradict the upcoming novel, Dark Congress.
Timing
* Intended to be set after BtVS's seventh season. The precise timing of this arc is currently uncertain.
* Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
Plot
An ill-prepared Buffy Summers comes face to face with the new Big Bad in the form of an old- fahioned death match in this standalone issue titled "A Beautiful Sunset."
Production
Writing and Artwork
Joss Whedon wrote the series' third standalone issue. It introduces the "big bad" of the season, who instigates a fight with Buffy.
This is the first cover in the series produced by Jon Foster instead of Jo Chen.
Covers
Canonical issues
:
This series has been described as 'canon' by both Whedon and various commentators. As the creator of Buffy, Joss Whedon's association with Buffyverse story is often linked to how canonical the various stories are. Since Whedon is writing this story, it will be seen as a continuation of the official continuity established by Buffy and Angel.
This may mean it contradicts information given in the previously released non-canonical Queen of the Slayers, and it could potentially contradict the upcoming novel, Dark Congress.
Timing
* Intended to be set after BtVS's seventh season. The precise timing of this arc is currently uncertain.
* Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
Mountjoy Joseph 'Monty Joe' Lovell (born November 15th, 1945 in Danville, Kentucky) was a high school football coach at Madison High School in Richmond, Kentucky from 1971-81 and at Grant County High School in Dry Ridge, Kentucky from 1988-96.
Background
Lovell's unusual first name (Mountjoy) comes from his mother's family. Dorothy Mountjoy Lovell was the first-cousin of legendary Kentucky prep football coach, Rice Mountjoy. Mountjoy built a powerhouse at Danville (1927-40) and later coached at Dixie Heights and Boone County. The football fields at Danville and Boone County are named after him.
Lovell's two uncles (J. B. 'Jake' Mountjoy and Lawrence B. Mountjoy) also served as high school coaches. J. B. was football and basketball coach at Williamsburg High School in Whitley County, Kentucky from 1951-58 while Lawrence won two state championships in basketball (1958 and 1960) at McRae-Helena High School in Telfair County, Georgia. The gymnasium at Williamsburg is named after J. B. Mountjoy. Lawrence has been honored by the Atlanta Tip-off club for his accomplishments.
Richmond Madison
Lovell was successful in bringing the Royal Purples' program back to the level that Madison attained when his former high school coach Roy Kidd was at the helm 1956-61. He inherited a Madison football program that had gone 16-33-1 over five seasons (1966-70).
A quarterback, halfback and defensive back at Madison from 1960-63, Lovell was a sophomore back-up quarterback behind former Kentucky letterman Talbott Todd on Kidd's 1961 13-1 Class AA Kentucky state runner-up squad. He also played basketball at Madison and was the captain of the 1963-64 Purples' team coached by Ray Vencill, Jr. (twice a Kentucky Sweet Sixteen state-runner-up basketball coach at Madison in 1970 and Elizabethtown in 1972).
At age 25, Lovell won his first district title as Madison went 7-4 in his initial year as head coach (1971)
. In his eleven-year tenure, the small Richmond school enjoyed eight winning seasons and won four KHSAA Class A district titles. Lovell led the Royal Purples to a 12-1 record in his second season and was voted the top football coach in Class A division by the Louisville Courier-Journal, the AP and UPI. That team was also champion of the 16-team Central Kentucky Conference. They defeated Jake Bell's Lexington Henry Clay Blue Devils 34-7 in the title game. The Purples were upset 19-10 by Joe Jaggers' eventual Class A state champion Trigg County team in the state semi-finals at Hopkinsville. The 1972 Royal Purples outscored their opponents 470-78 and were the second winningest team in Richmond Madison's 88-year football history behind Roy Kidd's 13-1 KHSAA Class AA state-runner up squad of 1961.
Lovell's 1975 team went 11-1 and were champions of the CKC Bowl game (defeating Jessamine County 35-18). Their lone loss was to Alvis Johnson's talented Harrodsburg Pioneer team led by future University of Kentucky stars Venus Meaux and Henry Parks as well as Eastern Kentucky standout fullback Nicky Yeast.
Faced with a monumental rebuilding task in 1977 (against a schedule that featured nine playoff-bound teams), Lovell's Purples went 1-10 with a predominantly sophomore-laden squad. The experience paid off the next two years, though, as Madison went 9-4 and 10-3 in 1978 and 1979. The Purples finished as a state semi-finalist and state runner-up in those respective seasons. Richmond Madison fell to eventual state champion Ft. Campbell 20-14 in 1978 and to state champion Bellevue 7-0 in 1979. In , Lovell was again voted the top coach in Class A by the Courier.
Lovell's early teams were considered 'giant-killers' by the central Kentucky media as the small Richmond school (less than 180 students in the upper three grades) defeated Lexington Henry Clay four times and Lexington Lafayette three times in a five-year span (1971-75). After the fifth week of the 1972 season, Madison was ranked second in the entire state (all classes) by the Louisville Courier-Journal's Litkenhous rating system (behind Louisville Trinity). Lovell's '71 and '72 squads were both featured as the high school team of the week by the Courier which in turn brought state-wide acclaim to a program that had suffered through five seasons of mediocre results.
One of Lovell's former players (Kenny Turner) is currently the head football coach at perennial Kentucky football powerhouse Madison Central. His quarterback from the '72 squad (Velmar Miller) is Central's defensive coordinator. Richmond Madison was consolidated with Madison Central in the fall of 1989.
Grant County
Lovell retired from coaching after the 1981 season, but re-emerged at Grant County High School. The Braves had never fielded a football team, but Lovell started a junior varsity program there in the fall of 1988 and began participating at the varsity level in 1991. Lovell coached at Grant County through the 1996 season. He became an assistant principal at Grant County in 1997 and retired in 2004 after 34 years of service in public education.
Lovell's Assistant Coaches
Warfield Miller, Jr. (Defensive Coordinator 1971-1980) (former teammate)
Gary Compton (Line Coach 1971)
Steve Kochin (Line Coach 1972-76)
John Freeman (Freshmen Coach 1972-78) (former basketball coach at Richmond High School 1951-55)
Danny Turner (Linebacker Coach 1974-75)
Bailey Norris (Linebacker Coach 1976-80 Defensive Coordinator 1981) (former teammate)
Inman Sherman (Receiver Coach 1976)
John Revere (Receiver Coach 1977) (current EKU assistant coach)
Mike Elkin (Offensive Coordinator 1978-80) (former teammate)
Bill Bailey (Volunteer Assistant 1978) (former Hapeville High School, Georgia coach)
Velmar Miller (Receivers and Defensive Back Coach 1979-80 Offensive Coordinator 1981) (former player)
Eugene Newsome (Freshmen Coach 1980-81)
John Lovell (Volunteer Assistant 1976-81) (former player and younger brother)
Former Players signed to play in college
Howard Miller - tackle; all-CKC in 1971; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern Kentucky
Robbie Morton - tackle; all-state in 1971 and 1972; signed with Bill Battle at Tennessee; named Kentucky High School Lineman of the Year in 1972;
Velmar Miller - quarterback; all-CKC in 1972; signed with Roy Terry at Morehead
Darnell Hill - fullback; all-CKC in 1972; signed with Roy Terry at Morehead
Hubert Broaddus - halfback; all-CKC in 1972; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern
Jimmy Mundy - halfback; all-CKC in 1972; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern Kentucky
Clarence 'Dog' Gentry - all-CKC in 1973; wide receiver; signed with Jimmy Feix at Western Kentucky
Kenny Turner - halfback - all-state in 1975; signed with Wayne Chapman at Morehead
John Mundy - noseguard; all-state in 1975; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern Kentucky
Wendell 'Moose' Dean - halfback; all-state in 1976; signed with John Cooper at Tulsa
Eddie Simmons - wide receiver; all-state in 1978 and 1979; signed with Fran Curci at Kentucky
Keith Bosley - tackle; all-state in 1980 and 1981; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern Kentucky; all-OVC in 1983, 1984, and 1985; Cleveland Browns - NFL 1986
Year-by-Year Record at Richmond Madison
1971 Won 7 lost 4 (Class A Region II District II Champion)
1972 Won 12 Lost 1 (Class A Region II Champion, Region II District II Champion, State Semi-Finalist, Central Kentucky Conference Champion)
1973 Won 8 Lost 3 (Laurel Bowl Champion)
1974 Won 4 Lost 6
1975 Won 11 Lost 1 (Central Kentucky Conference Bowl Champion, Class A Region II District II Runner-Up)
1976 Won 5 lost 4
1977 Won 1 lost 10
1978 Won 9 Lost 4 ((Class A Region II Champion, Region II District II Champion, State Semi-Finalist)
1979 Won 10 Lost 3 (Class A Region II Champion, Region II District II Champion, State Runner-Up)
1980 Won 7 lost 4 (Optimist Bowl Champion)
1981 Won 3 Lost 8
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Background
Lovell's unusual first name (Mountjoy) comes from his mother's family. Dorothy Mountjoy Lovell was the first-cousin of legendary Kentucky prep football coach, Rice Mountjoy. Mountjoy built a powerhouse at Danville (1927-40) and later coached at Dixie Heights and Boone County. The football fields at Danville and Boone County are named after him.
Lovell's two uncles (J. B. 'Jake' Mountjoy and Lawrence B. Mountjoy) also served as high school coaches. J. B. was football and basketball coach at Williamsburg High School in Whitley County, Kentucky from 1951-58 while Lawrence won two state championships in basketball (1958 and 1960) at McRae-Helena High School in Telfair County, Georgia. The gymnasium at Williamsburg is named after J. B. Mountjoy. Lawrence has been honored by the Atlanta Tip-off club for his accomplishments.
Richmond Madison
Lovell was successful in bringing the Royal Purples' program back to the level that Madison attained when his former high school coach Roy Kidd was at the helm 1956-61. He inherited a Madison football program that had gone 16-33-1 over five seasons (1966-70).
A quarterback, halfback and defensive back at Madison from 1960-63, Lovell was a sophomore back-up quarterback behind former Kentucky letterman Talbott Todd on Kidd's 1961 13-1 Class AA Kentucky state runner-up squad. He also played basketball at Madison and was the captain of the 1963-64 Purples' team coached by Ray Vencill, Jr. (twice a Kentucky Sweet Sixteen state-runner-up basketball coach at Madison in 1970 and Elizabethtown in 1972).
At age 25, Lovell won his first district title as Madison went 7-4 in his initial year as head coach (1971)
. In his eleven-year tenure, the small Richmond school enjoyed eight winning seasons and won four KHSAA Class A district titles. Lovell led the Royal Purples to a 12-1 record in his second season and was voted the top football coach in Class A division by the Louisville Courier-Journal, the AP and UPI. That team was also champion of the 16-team Central Kentucky Conference. They defeated Jake Bell's Lexington Henry Clay Blue Devils 34-7 in the title game. The Purples were upset 19-10 by Joe Jaggers' eventual Class A state champion Trigg County team in the state semi-finals at Hopkinsville. The 1972 Royal Purples outscored their opponents 470-78 and were the second winningest team in Richmond Madison's 88-year football history behind Roy Kidd's 13-1 KHSAA Class AA state-runner up squad of 1961.
Lovell's 1975 team went 11-1 and were champions of the CKC Bowl game (defeating Jessamine County 35-18). Their lone loss was to Alvis Johnson's talented Harrodsburg Pioneer team led by future University of Kentucky stars Venus Meaux and Henry Parks as well as Eastern Kentucky standout fullback Nicky Yeast.
Faced with a monumental rebuilding task in 1977 (against a schedule that featured nine playoff-bound teams), Lovell's Purples went 1-10 with a predominantly sophomore-laden squad. The experience paid off the next two years, though, as Madison went 9-4 and 10-3 in 1978 and 1979. The Purples finished as a state semi-finalist and state runner-up in those respective seasons. Richmond Madison fell to eventual state champion Ft. Campbell 20-14 in 1978 and to state champion Bellevue 7-0 in 1979. In , Lovell was again voted the top coach in Class A by the Courier.
Lovell's early teams were considered 'giant-killers' by the central Kentucky media as the small Richmond school (less than 180 students in the upper three grades) defeated Lexington Henry Clay four times and Lexington Lafayette three times in a five-year span (1971-75). After the fifth week of the 1972 season, Madison was ranked second in the entire state (all classes) by the Louisville Courier-Journal's Litkenhous rating system (behind Louisville Trinity). Lovell's '71 and '72 squads were both featured as the high school team of the week by the Courier which in turn brought state-wide acclaim to a program that had suffered through five seasons of mediocre results.
One of Lovell's former players (Kenny Turner) is currently the head football coach at perennial Kentucky football powerhouse Madison Central. His quarterback from the '72 squad (Velmar Miller) is Central's defensive coordinator. Richmond Madison was consolidated with Madison Central in the fall of 1989.
Grant County
Lovell retired from coaching after the 1981 season, but re-emerged at Grant County High School. The Braves had never fielded a football team, but Lovell started a junior varsity program there in the fall of 1988 and began participating at the varsity level in 1991. Lovell coached at Grant County through the 1996 season. He became an assistant principal at Grant County in 1997 and retired in 2004 after 34 years of service in public education.
Lovell's Assistant Coaches
Warfield Miller, Jr. (Defensive Coordinator 1971-1980) (former teammate)
Gary Compton (Line Coach 1971)
Steve Kochin (Line Coach 1972-76)
John Freeman (Freshmen Coach 1972-78) (former basketball coach at Richmond High School 1951-55)
Danny Turner (Linebacker Coach 1974-75)
Bailey Norris (Linebacker Coach 1976-80 Defensive Coordinator 1981) (former teammate)
Inman Sherman (Receiver Coach 1976)
John Revere (Receiver Coach 1977) (current EKU assistant coach)
Mike Elkin (Offensive Coordinator 1978-80) (former teammate)
Bill Bailey (Volunteer Assistant 1978) (former Hapeville High School, Georgia coach)
Velmar Miller (Receivers and Defensive Back Coach 1979-80 Offensive Coordinator 1981) (former player)
Eugene Newsome (Freshmen Coach 1980-81)
John Lovell (Volunteer Assistant 1976-81) (former player and younger brother)
Former Players signed to play in college
Howard Miller - tackle; all-CKC in 1971; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern Kentucky
Robbie Morton - tackle; all-state in 1971 and 1972; signed with Bill Battle at Tennessee; named Kentucky High School Lineman of the Year in 1972;
Velmar Miller - quarterback; all-CKC in 1972; signed with Roy Terry at Morehead
Darnell Hill - fullback; all-CKC in 1972; signed with Roy Terry at Morehead
Hubert Broaddus - halfback; all-CKC in 1972; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern
Jimmy Mundy - halfback; all-CKC in 1972; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern Kentucky
Clarence 'Dog' Gentry - all-CKC in 1973; wide receiver; signed with Jimmy Feix at Western Kentucky
Kenny Turner - halfback - all-state in 1975; signed with Wayne Chapman at Morehead
John Mundy - noseguard; all-state in 1975; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern Kentucky
Wendell 'Moose' Dean - halfback; all-state in 1976; signed with John Cooper at Tulsa
Eddie Simmons - wide receiver; all-state in 1978 and 1979; signed with Fran Curci at Kentucky
Keith Bosley - tackle; all-state in 1980 and 1981; signed with Roy Kidd at Eastern Kentucky; all-OVC in 1983, 1984, and 1985; Cleveland Browns - NFL 1986
Year-by-Year Record at Richmond Madison
1971 Won 7 lost 4 (Class A Region II District II Champion)
1972 Won 12 Lost 1 (Class A Region II Champion, Region II District II Champion, State Semi-Finalist, Central Kentucky Conference Champion)
1973 Won 8 Lost 3 (Laurel Bowl Champion)
1974 Won 4 Lost 6
1975 Won 11 Lost 1 (Central Kentucky Conference Bowl Champion, Class A Region II District II Runner-Up)
1976 Won 5 lost 4
1977 Won 1 lost 10
1978 Won 9 Lost 4 ((Class A Region II Champion, Region II District II Champion, State Semi-Finalist)
1979 Won 10 Lost 3 (Class A Region II Champion, Region II District II Champion, State Runner-Up)
1980 Won 7 lost 4 (Optimist Bowl Champion)
1981 Won 3 Lost 8
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