Gunther Arcanus is a level 53 quest giver located in Gunther's Retreat in the Forsaken starting zone of Tirisfal Glades. During life, he was a mage and necromancer of the Kirin Tor in Dalaran, and a friend of Bethor Iceshard and Thule Ravenclaw. Sometime during the Third War, he was killed and raised as an undead slave to the Scourge. Gunther was a powerful mage in life, and still strong in undeath, as he managed to break free of the Lich King's control of his own accord. Thinking he was the only undead with free will, he distrusted all others and retreated to Gunther's Retreat for several years, but agents of the Forsaken proved to him that there were undead who fought the Scourge too. Gunther then joined the Forsaken, reunited with his old friend Bethor.