Risenfield Academy of Higher Wizarding

In the late 1820's, four of the greatest Witches and Warlocks of the Southern American States came together to fortify a place of learning for their posterity. There names were Griselda Grismane, Alva Haldane, Horatio Holofernes, and Aveolela Leolima. It was appropriately named after the close magical preserve, Risenhaven.

Over the next forty years, along with the Yellowstone and Canadian schools in North America, Risenhaven became a leading force in America Wizarding institutions.

In the mid-1860's two more fore-founders, Daku Janaali and Winona Wokaih joined as Native Americans and foreign embassies came into contact with the American Ministry of Magic. As the preserve sought to slightly distance itself from the school ,as their names were, more often than not, confused, the school changed to Risenfield in memoriam of the golden fields surrounding it's grounds.

The school accepted any who were will to travel to their grounds. They are highly competitive with the New-England school Salem Witch Institute.

As the new founders came in, they sought to bring in more extracurricular, arts, and some magical sciences that one of the founders called "Boring and unimportant." Griselda Grismane gave up as Dean as soon as the school year was out. The new Dean became Alva Haldane, who was old and hard of hearing, and died years later.

Deans to come included Redford Rostrol, who became Minister at age thirty-five, and Franklin Fillibuster, the creator of the popular Fillibuster Flame, and the non-lethal explosive aptly named after him.

Although, shortly after the newest founders came into contact, and their Pantheons of students added to the menagerie, the American Civil War caused the school to be VERY selective, as Jefferson Davis, the President of the rebel causes and pronounced wizard, dappled selectively in the Dark Arts.

After this great war, schooling resumed as normal.

Up to the present, it has been the foremost in traditional, and non-traditional teachings alike in our very wizarding world.

In the 1920's, as the economy of our very world rose to sky-rocketing limits, the field sport Danahathon was adopted from Native American tribes, and involves two goal nets suspended in air, and eighteen players wearing enchanted Aeroacro Boots who carry long sticks with a sort of net at the end. The goal is to get one of three balls into the net. Two of which, called Pummelins, try to beat players out the air.

This sport has since taken up residence in Australian schools and New Zealand colonies.

The school is diverse, and the area rich in culture, Risenfield is not mistaken for some of the other schools of the days.