Quest 357 · Confirmed in World of Warcraft: Forever through matching reports from players using RestedRealm Companion.1 player report · Classic details with player reports
The Lich's Identity
Parts of this page come from real play in Forever, reported through RestedRealm Companion. The rest is Classic Era reference from QuestieDB, not verified for Forever. Quest ID 357 is present in the Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70790. QuestieDB 1.0.10, Vanilla release, retrieved 2026-11-03 (source).
The task
Objectives
Bring the Lich's Spellbook to Bethor Iceshard in the Undercity.
The Lich's SpellbookItem 28331 required
In the Classic reference, The Lich's Spellbook can drop from Gunther's Books.
The route
Quest locations
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Undercity
Forever search area
Bethor IceshardUndercity (84.2, 17.4)
Player position near this quest NPC, not its exact locationClick the !? to copy a TomTom waypoint.
Interface/WorldMap/Undercity_c60, not by a direct map-art foreign key. This is client artwork, not a verified in-game map. Artwork © Blizzard Entertainment.The people
Start and turn-in
Starts from
Seen in Forever: Bethor Iceshard offered this quest to 1 player.
Ends at
Seen in Forever: Bethor Iceshard completed this quest for 1 player.
Coordinates are approximate Classic references. The `/way` formats require TomTom or a compatible addon; use the named-zone form from outside the zone.
The path
Quest chain
Quest text
There is a lich who dwells on the island in Brightwater Lake to the north. Although he is a free-willed Forsaken, he believes all other your race are Scourge slaves and has his minions attack anyone who approaches him.
But because he is Forsaken, the Queen will want him. And if he is skilled in Necromancy, then his knowledge would be...quite useful to us.
To discover his identity and his talents, I must see his spellbook. Steal into his camp and acquire it, then return to me.
Progress
your name, have you acquired the book?
Completion
Very good, your name. I will study this book and determine the identity of that lich. You have served your Queen well.
<Bethor opens the book and stares intently at its glowing pages...>
Astonishing! The book you retrieved belongs to no one other than Gunther Arcanus!
Gunther was a skilled Necromancer in life; he and I were friends and comrades-in-arms, before the Plague. And judging from his book he has grown even more powerful in death.
His skills would be a great boon to us.
World of Warcraft: Forever quest text, © Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. As 1 player saw it in build 70790, reported through RestedRealm Companion.
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