Dagger

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Daggers were weapons that resembled swords, only shorter and lighter. In Eldest, Roran rebukes one of the tall men from Carvahall for wasting time with dagger tossing. Despite the boy claiming he has seen a man hit a bird eight out of ten times with a dagger, Roran points out that it only takes one missed throw to cost him his life. Murtagh owns an Elven dagger called Drac'ner. The Werecat, Solembum when in human form often wielded a dagger. In Eragon, the Ra'zac used daggers. The shorter one tried to kill Brom with one, and the taller one picked one off the ground and threw it at Eragon. Brom jumped in front of it and received a fatal wound that would take his life.

[edit] Applications in Combat

Daggers were not often used in battle, due to their short reach and inability to penetrate thick armour. Daggers were favoured by assassins, however. Assassins preferred daggers due to their small size and ease to conceal. Daggers could also be thrown accurately, which swords could not.

Weapons
Standard weapons	Ascûdgamln | Axe | Bow and Arrow | Broadsword | Dagger | Falchion | Flamberge | Halberd | Hammer | Hand-and-a-half sword
	Hûthvír | Poison dart | Rapier | Spear | Sword
Siege engines	Ballista | Catapult | Trebuchet
Unique weapons	Brisingr | Durza's sword | Naegling | Rider's sword | Roran's hammer | Tamerlein
	Undbitr | Volund | Zar'roc