After I get Karl out of his office I'm reading the book about the cards. How do I put the cards in order? I'm past the scale event.

Not sure what you mean by the "Scale event"?

Are you trying to solve the scale puzzle where you have to balance each one using the cards?

If not, are you referring to the RAID card references in Karl's day planner?

Yes, Karl's day planner

Hi lap,

From MaG's walkthrough:

Read the Raid Game Guide book. Check each character to see where the written fairy tale characters can be found. Note the number in respective color of the written characters. Then arrange them in order.
1. Sea hare is found in Bonaparte card and has blue magic of 5.
2. Rumpeltstiltskin is found in Goldthumb card and has gold wisdom of 13.
3. Gold children is found in Golden Hunter card and has red strength of 15.
4. Lil snow white is found in Enchanted Mirror card and has blue magic of 11.
5. Donkey is found in Donkey King card and has green health of 9.

But how do you put them in order & where? I'm sorry but I don't understand.

Go to the cabinet left of the desk.
Look close at the base of the cabinet. Open the panel at right and see the keypad.
Select: 5 - enter; 13 - enter; 15 - enter; 11 - enter; 9 - enter. See that the red light turns green for a correct entry.

If the Raid Game Guide is not read completely, the entries will not be accepted.

So be sure to read the game guide from cover to cover first.

Can't open the cabinet.

Do you see the wood scroll on the cabinet?
Behind that is the keypad - do you see that?

You cant open the cabinet when Karl is there..