User blog comment:Ausir/First screenshot of a Skyrim Dark Elf/@comment-88.118.34.146-20110810171619/@comment-174.93.161.104-20110811034059

They're not daggers, that's almost certain. In the gameplay trailer, there's at least two scenes in which the character does a finishing move with the dagger held right-side up. Haven't seen short swords yet, however.