"Indeed, I have seen those," Teja says, "welding a handle back on one was one of the first pieces of work I did in this place when I was new, for the faun who ran the kitchen then, he of the special spiked baked goods."

He raises an eyebrow at her. "A weapon as fearsome as it is unexpected, and truly convincing; while not very good for killing, it would shred your enemy's skin, so there would be blood and gore enough to instil fear into the souls of all bystanders."

Teja has a lot of practice at setting impressively bloody examples, too.