Curse of Karos

Barreltown was a quaint little town, deriving its name from the fact that barrel-making was the community's only industry. At the suggestion of the local Chamber of Commerce, many of the community's frame buildings were constructed in the shape of barrels as a way of promoting the town's image nationally.

Everything was fine until Karos arrived in town, seeking to steal the secret technology used in making the barrels. Karos wanted to start his own barrel-making business in a neighboring community where unemployment was rampant. Karos landed a job at the local factory, impressing the owner with his insights and productivity. Karos was promoted a few weeks later to company vice-president and became involved in the civic affairs of the community. Then one day the owner discovered a notebook on Karos' desk. It was full of the company's secret formulas and contained the names and addresses of all of the plant's major customers.

After further investigation, the owner learned that Karos had been making many long distance calls to his hometown. Enraged, the owner called all of the workers together. Karos was tarred and feathered, tied to a horse and chased out of town. While he was being roughed up, Karos swore a curse on the community - an act which was greeted with proarious laughter by the residents.

A few weeks later, however, all the town's trees and plants started dying, threatening to wipe out Barrel town's only source of income. Barreltown's existence was in immediate danger because all of the decaying wood was an extreme fire hazard. It's up to you to save Barreltown. You must find the oracle in the forest to learn how the curse can be removed.