ok, here is precise directions to get to the book.

head into the instance and down the hallway. turn left (youcan't run any other way) and cross the courtyard to the archway on the otherside. This will be another hallway. continue down this hallway to the end and turn right.. this will zigzag you into another hallway. STOP RIGHT NOW!

In this hallway you just zigzagged into there is a room immediately to your left (right next to the entrance to the hallway you just came through). In this room is Beginnings of the Undead Threat. It is guarded by two chaplains and a monk.

Repeat, the above information is wrong.. it is not in the bookshelves and not in the hallway where you get the compendium.. it is in the hallway before that. follow the above directions and you won't have to go through the instance 5-6 times looking for the book where the directions in the other post tell you to look.

I found it in the first room on the left as you enter the Gallery of treasures.

Its an open book laying on a table

The undead beginnings upon Azeroth do not truly begin with the corruption of Prince Athas. It began long before that event. The events that brought downfall of Lordaeron were bong set in motion before that point. It began with the coming of the orcish clans and the burning legion.

The orcs of Draenor (the world which they originally came from) were noble and shamanistic. They were powerful warriors strong of body and will. It was for these reasons that the burning legion sought them out. Kil'Jaeden, a demon of great power among the legion, wished to enslave the orcish clans and use them as his army against the worlds the burning legion had yet to conquer.

Kil"Jaeden came to the leader of the clans, a powerful shamen named Nur'Zhul. He promised Nur'Zhul untold mystical power and knowledge if he made a pact with the demon that would enslave the clans to the Burning Legion. This pact sealed not only their fate, but that of their world forever.

As time past, Nur'ZHul realized that the fate of the fate of the clans at the hands of the burning legion, and the orc shaman began to defy Kil'Jaeden. The demon angered by Nur'Zhul turned to the shaman's own apprentice, Gul'Dan who was far more corruptable than Nur'Zhul.

It was Gul'dan who was responsible for the decline of shamanism throughout the clans. The promise of power and control over one's enemies made his offers even more tempting. With Kil'Jaeden's help, Gul'dan began his manipulation of the clans. The orcs, once noble, became corrupt, mindless savages. With the introduction of demon blood into their bodies, the orcs were even more rutheless and barbaric.

Even though Kil'Jaeden had corrupted Gul'dan after his failure with Nur'Zhul, Kil'Jaeden hated the shaman and vowed to enforce their original pact. Kil'Jaeden captured Nur'Zhul and began an incredibly slow physical torture on the shaman. While, Nur'Zhul begged for death, Kil'Jaeden reminded Nur'Zhul that their original pact was still binding. Kil'Jaeden killed the orc, but only physically. Kil'Jaeden held the orc shaman's spirit fast before it could find its way to the twisting nether.

Kil'Jaeden placed Nur'Zhul's spirit within a block of ice gathered from the twisting nether. While it was trapped in the ice, he infused into it even more power. The loss of his body and the introduction of such incredible power was the defining line in Nur'Zhul's transformation.

Kil'Jaeden hurled the block of ice through dimensions back to Azeroth, where it landed in the continent of Northrend, introducing this great evil to our world. Ner'Zhul was gone forever. In his place was a throne of ice and hatred. The once respected shaman leader had become the Lich King.

Because Kil'Jaeden did not trust the Lich King. He sent his dred lords to watch over the spirit and ensure that the Lich King followed his orders. The Vampiric servents came to Azeroth willingly, drawn to the destruction and power of the Lich King and the potencial genocide of a planet's entire race.

Over a decade passed. During this time the Lich King used his vast powers to gain control over the minds of the creatures of Northrend, whom he commanded to erect a great citadel over his frozen throne. Now that all of Northrend was under his domination, the Lich King knew he needed to begin his infiltration of Lordaeron. Trapped within the ice, the former orc shaman began seeking more minds to manipulate and control. His call reached out across the continents.

The Lich King's summons did not go unnoticed, especially by a small handful of powerful individuals. Among them was the Archmage Kel'Thuzad, who was a powerful member of the ruling body of Dalaran, the Kirin Tor. His pursuit of all types of magic violated the Kirin Tor's policies against learning dark magics. Kel'Thuzad abandoned the Kirin Tor, and all his ties to conventional thought and vowed to learn as much as he could from the Lich King.

A pact was struck between the two. Kel'Thuzad would receive immortality and immense power in return for servitude to the Lich King. Kel'Thuzad's first task was to use his wealth and influence in Lordaeron to found the Cult of the Damned. The Cult promissed equality and eternal life to all its members as long as they swore and oath to Ner'Zhul, the god of the Cult of the Damned.

Edited, Fri Dec 9 17:55:18 2005

To quote someone from thottbot two years ago:

"ok, here is precise directions to get to the book.

head into the instance and down the hallway. turn left (youcan't run any other way) and cross the courtyard to the archway on the otherside. This will be another hallway. continue down this hallway to the end and turn right.. this will zigzag you into another hallway. STOP RIGHT NOW!!!

In this hallway you just zigzagged into there is a room immediately to your left (right next to the entrance to the hallway you just came through). In this room is Beginnings of the Undead Threat. It is guarded by two chaplains and a monk. "

worked for me.

Good luck to they who attempt this solo and under-powered.

My 35 Shammy was consistently raped by the 30 and 31 elites at the entrance, before he could even get in the instance.

Going to leave this one for a few levels, maybe till
he's level 38, and come back to it - unless I take a friend.

It was Colonel Mustard in the Library with a Candlestick! No, seriously, we need to head to the Gallery of Treasures room inside the branch section - Library (book is map-pinned on that link I just gave).

ok firsdt off library is the right instance.
go past the courtyard.Throiugh that hall. when you enter the next hall its your first door on theleft.
# mobs you have to kill. Book is on table.

1. Get Test Of Lore go to SM, go to the most right door from the stares&nbsp (Library).

2.Go through the portal, now fight your way thourhg the first hall.

3.At the end of the 1'st hall u will encounter a square sort off, in this square there's rangers with hyenas/dogs. Go through this square.

4. At the otherside of the square next hall starts, there's is only one directin of this hall (LEFT).

5. Walk to the end of the hall. there will be a room to the left, and another hall leading to the right, IT'S NOT IN THE LEFT ROOM!. go to the right to the next hall.

6. NOW there's 3 rooms with 3 mobs in each of one. IT'S THE FIRST ROOM from the hall (5).

7. The book is lying on a table at the left side of this room.

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GJ U MADE IT!
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Nlghtelf- Dentarg

the answer to the question is Ner'zhul