Quick Sketch- Yingyang Blade

The typical style of Ellisian knives and swords is to follow this double-curve shape that encompasses the entire length of the weapon, leading to the nickname of the 'yingyang'. Normally the warrior castes would not carry a knife separate from their gauntlet blades or bayonets, but because the newer shortened carbines made from their long rifles don't feature integral bayonets, the warriors in the trenches had to improvise. Old traditional blades of this sort have turned out to make a fine replacement. In fact the intended higher castes of the Shieldmaidens, Warmaidens, Huntress, and Priestess were intended to carry scaled-up versions of this cutting tool for close combat.