Can mages use daggers and if so what kind of mage it will be?

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I don't know if this kid in the picture below is a new race "Gria" in the future. To be a Gria still missing the tail and wings i assume. But to have a staff and a dagger seen pretty odd to me. I wonder is there is a type of mage that can use a dagger as well.

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