I am an idiot. I took a second glance at everything and the entire house is basically one giant talisman. The variety of artifacts, the artistry of the place, even the geometry of the house is all designed to create a single matrix of seriously powerful mojo. I checked it out with a black light and there are even secret runes painted all over the place. And I'm pretty sure the point of it all is...protective. That's why there's so many dark artifacts and grimoires here: partially because Mr. Belmonte was researching how to beat them, and partially because like calls to like. He needed them to ensure whatever it was he was so scared of. Why am I so dumb?
Oh, and there's something else I found when I took a second look at everything. According to some family journals and old documents mixed in with all the lore in the library, the whole Belmonte family seems to have a habit of suffering disastrous tragedies once every thirteen years. It looks like something (maybe a ghost or maybe a darker, less human thing) has been haunting them for generations. It stopped when Mr. Belmonte finished putting all this together, but my guess is that the protection/binding is lifted now. Which is not my fault. There is no way a routine examination of one measly little totem thingy should be able to do that!
Anyway, I've got emily in a salt circle and I've been doing all kinds of blessing around the house. That should keep us both mostly safe for now. It also helps to have sacred symbols and protective sigils literally branded into your flesh. No pain, no gain. Not to mention that this isn't a thirteenth year in the thing's cycle. Which probably won't mean much since whatever Mr. Belmonte did already threw it out of its normal pattern, but at least it might make it a little out of wack. All together, that might actually give me some time to narrow down my fifty or so rough ideas of what exactly might be going on here.
Time to hit the books. I always work best when I'm facing a deadline.
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