Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun is the second ancient. He was (as we all know) a great and bloodthirsy (pun intended) conquerer. But also a great leader. 

There are (according to wikipedia.com) three ways that Attila the Hun could have died:

1. "He suffered a severe nosebleed and choked to death in a stupor."
2. "he succumbed to internal bleeding after heavy drinking or a condition called esophageal varices, where a hemerrhoid in the lower part of the esophagus ruptures leaving the person to choke on his/her own blood"

you will notice that the first two both have to do with blood and the mouth. Curious. 

    3. "Attila, King of the Huns and ravager of the provinces of Europe, was pierced by the hand and blade of his wife."

For my non existent story, I'm going with the third one. 

so here's my version:

After being married to Attila for many years, Gudrun (his wife) realized just what Atilla was. A vampire. She had heard legends of vampires, including the one where if you stab the monster in the heart with wood or silver, it will die. So this is exactly what she did. One night while he was sleeping she took a silver knife and stabbed him in the heart. All this served to do was paralyze him, but becuase he didn't have a hearbeat to begin with anyway, when they checked his pulse, they thought he had died and buried him. He came back. 

Attila the Hun is called Atli by the two other acients and in his vial on his necklace he carries dirt from his grave.