Riverstone Military Academy

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

**Riverstone Military Academy** (Japanese: リバーストーン陸軍士官学校 *Ribāsutōn Rikugun Shikan Gakkō*) is a high school located in a unknown prefecture. Due to only possessing a multi-gender team, they are forced to play against the Boys and have skilled players, being called the "Water Dragons" for their fluid and swift movements when receiving the ball and spiking past blockers.

## Uniform

In their prefecture, where there is only them and another unnamed school, they possess no uniform but have a dress code set in place, deeming what is appropriate to wear. Dresses are allowed, as along as they are not too short or expose a girl too much, any type of shoe-wear is allowed as long as it is not worn inside of the building. The only way to identify a student from Riverstone is their school`s colors; black/purple from their sports`s bags which differentiates them from other schools or even from their armbands that are used to tell students from other clubs apart. However, students who have previously attended this school note that there used to be a military-style of dress when they attended there but it has been since abolished by the school board to allow for more freedom. Most students are often seen dressing simply, and modestly as noted by students from the other school in their prefecture.

The volleyball club`s uniform consists of a black tracksuit with purple details. The members wear purple t-shirts and black shorts during practice matches and often don a dark-grey sports bib on top. During official matches, the majority of players don a black jersey and shorts with purple details. The libero has a contrasting jersey in purple with black details. When they go up against a team with a similar color-scheme to them, the majority of players don a cream jersey and shorts with purple details, the libero having a contrasting jersey in purple with cream details. As there is no girls` or boys` volleyball team, only a mixed-gender team; they wear the same uniform as each other.

## Academics

Each grade has five classes, with classes 4 and 5 being college preparatory classes. Periods are 50 minutes long, with a 10-minute break in between. Subjects taught include English, modern Japanese literature, math, and physical education. After graduation, students generally either continue on to higher education or work.

The passing grade for exams is 89 points. Students who fail their final exams must take weekend supplementary classes and a supplementary exam for each failed subject; these may sometimes be held during summer vacation. The passing grade for supplementary exams is 89 points, and students must take them until they pass.

## Faculty

* Erika Grace (Principal)
* Momo Grace (Vice-Principal)
* Sakura Ono - Modern Japanese Literature teacher
* Zara Ono -  English teacher
* Math Teacher
* Gym Teacher
* Music Teacher
* War Club Adviser

## Volleyball Club

The school`s Volleyball Club was founded around the same time that the school itself was founded and has often be associated with water dragons due to the word "river" in the school`s name. It`s banner in fact, reads "Swift and fluid like water," which alludes to water dragons. It is stated that Coach Ukai respected the now-retired Head Coach of Riverstone Military Academy when he was still in charge of the Volleyball Club.

The only powerhouse in their prefecture, Riverstone has represented the prefecture at Spring High nationals all of the years since their founding, making one of the most dangerous teams to face head-on. Coach Ukai even admitted that Riverstone is not a good match-up for Karasuno, as their receivers are powerful and they have a similar play-style to that of Aoba Johsai, being able to switch setters, back-row-attackers, and even middle blockers on the fly to account for breakages in their defenses.

   For a while, Riverstone only had one captain who had juggle everything from scheduling practice matches with other schools, to running meetings, making sure that everybody passed their exams, and so-on. Due to the stress piling on their captain, they elevated another one of their members to take on the role, which happened to be Daichi Futakuchi. The managers of the team consist of Artemis Grace, the original manager and a unknown male, a first-year recruited by Artemis after the first tournament so that she isn`t burdened with all of the work.

The main starting line-up is comprised of Daichi Futakuchi, Brunhilde Riverstone, Kana Ackerman, Brenda Honda, Momo Honda, Ami Honda, and Amara Honda. Riverstone is known for being the best receivers overall in their prefecture and have some of the best power-spikers around, being very unpredictable in terms of their strategies, and are known for their members being able to accurately pull off powerful jump-serves. In addition, some of their fame stems from the members themselves: Chidoriyama's champion Ace, the ten-times-in-a-row War Games winner, Akihito Tsukishima, and their two captains; Daichi Futakuchi and Brunhilde Riverstone, known in Japan as the youngest captains due to being first-years. Due to the factor of having captains as young as the rest of the team, they are often underestimated, which the team openly takes advantage of.

Riverstone`s main rivals are found outside of their prefecture, due to the other team yielding to Riverstone due to their overwhelming might. The club`s "destined" rival is Koizumi High, which Riverstone has always lost to. Because their animal representatives are usually found in the sea, their matches are called the "Battle at the Primordial Sea." (In the anime it is referred to as 'The Battle of the Rivers.')

Riverstone`s strongest attribute is its array of offensive and defensive tactics, with a heavy focus on attacks such as the quick strike, pipe-line, and synchronized attacks using tempo. It also utilizes uncommon techniques like the Calculated One-Point Two-Setter, the jump float serve, and a libero toss to throw off opponents making it a lot like Karasuno. However, as Brunhilde handles the defensive tactics, the timing of blocks and so-on, while Daichi handles the offensive tactics of the team; allowing for them to split the work-load. There are also two-vice-captains for this team, as well as on-field captains and on-field vice-captains, allowing them a huge range of options.