Talk:Covenant/@comment-5446840-20140224061056/@comment-28204394-20160906080251

To the anonymous Wikia Contributor,

There are a few covenants whose +3 ranks seem to hold no purpose. As Winstoninabox stated, it may be insurance to prevent loss of benefits in a covenant should you leave properly.

Whether Fromsoftware meant to do this or not, that's exactly what it would do. Providing 80 humanity to The Fair Lady would allow the player to leave the covenant, cutting it in half at 40 humanity. As rank +2 requires only 30 humanity, the player would be safeguarded.

Another question branching from this: Does leaving a covenant, joining it again, and then leaving once more cut the rank in half a second time?