It's taken me almost exactly one year, but today... I finally managed to find the Blood-starved Beast.

After reigniting my love for video games over this weekend, I restarted on Bloodborne (my old character had just finished Papa G) and within an hour I'd defeated Cleric Beast and Papa G once more. Six hours later, I've got the Red Messenger Ribbon, Iosefka's after some people and so's the Oedon Chapel Dweller (what a swell guy).

Fast forward another eight hours and I've died four times to the BsB, and I'm now prepared to take him down and move into Vicar Amelia for that sweet, sweet DLC.

I fucking love this game.