diff --git a/public/client.js b/public/client.js
index 4634899..22ba7f3 100644
--- a/public/client.js
+++ b/public/client.js
@@ -145,13 +145,126 @@
 		});
 	}
 
+	function getWestgateTopbar() {
+		if (!document || typeof document.querySelector !== 'function') {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return document.querySelector('[data-wg-topbar]');
+	}
+
+	function closeWestgateTopbarPanels(topbar, exceptKey) {
+		if (!topbar || typeof topbar.querySelectorAll !== 'function') {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		toArray(topbar.querySelectorAll('[data-wg-panel]')).forEach((panel) => {
+			if (panel.getAttribute('data-wg-panel') !== exceptKey) {
+				panel.classList.remove('is-open');
+			}
+		});
+		toArray(topbar.querySelectorAll('[data-wg-menu]')).forEach((trigger) => {
+			if (trigger.getAttribute('data-wg-menu') !== exceptKey) {
+				trigger.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	function closeWestgateTopbarDrawer(topbar) {
+		if (!topbar) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		topbar.classList.remove('is-drawer-open');
+		const burger = topbar.querySelector('[data-wg-burger]');
+		if (burger) {
+			burger.setAttribute('aria-expanded', 'false');
+		}
+	}
+
+	function initWestgateTopbar() {
+		const topbar = getWestgateTopbar();
+		if (!topbar) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (!window.westgateTheme.topbarEventsBound) {
+			document.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
+				const currentTopbar = getWestgateTopbar();
+				if (!currentTopbar) {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				const trigger = event.target.closest && event.target.closest('[data-wg-menu]');
+				if (trigger && currentTopbar.contains(trigger)) {
+					event.preventDefault();
+					event.stopPropagation();
+
+					const key = trigger.getAttribute('data-wg-menu');
+					const panel = currentTopbar.querySelector(`[data-wg-panel="${key}"]`);
+					const shouldOpen = !!panel && !panel.classList.contains('is-open');
+					closeWestgateTopbarPanels(currentTopbar, shouldOpen ? key : null);
+					if (panel) {
+						panel.classList.toggle('is-open', shouldOpen);
+					}
+					trigger.setAttribute('aria-expanded', String(shouldOpen));
+					return;
+				}
+
+				const burger = event.target.closest && event.target.closest('[data-wg-burger]');
+				if (burger && currentTopbar.contains(burger)) {
+					event.preventDefault();
+					event.stopPropagation();
+
+					const isOpen = !currentTopbar.classList.contains('is-drawer-open');
+					currentTopbar.classList.toggle('is-drawer-open', isOpen);
+					burger.setAttribute('aria-expanded', String(isOpen));
+					closeWestgateTopbarPanels(currentTopbar, null);
+					return;
+				}
+
+				if (event.target.closest && event.target.closest('[data-wg-panel]')) {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				closeWestgateTopbarPanels(currentTopbar, null);
+				if (!currentTopbar.contains(event.target)) {
+					closeWestgateTopbarDrawer(currentTopbar);
+				}
+			});
+
+			document.addEventListener('keydown', (event) => {
+				if (event.key !== 'Escape') {
+					return;
+				}
+
+				const currentTopbar = getWestgateTopbar();
+				closeWestgateTopbarPanels(currentTopbar, null);
+				closeWestgateTopbarDrawer(currentTopbar);
+			});
+
+			window.westgateTheme.topbarEventsBound = true;
+		}
+
+		$(document)
+			.off('shown.bs.dropdown.westgateTopbar')
+			.on('shown.bs.dropdown.westgateTopbar', '.wg-topbar [component="sidebar/search"]', function () {
+				$(this).find('[component="search/fields"] input[name="query"]').trigger('focus');
+			});
+	}
+
 	window.westgateTheme = window.westgateTheme || {};
 	window.westgateTheme.wrapWikiTables = wrapWestgateWikiTables;
+	window.westgateTheme.initTopbar = initWestgateTopbar;
 
 	$(document).ready(function () {
 		wrapWestgateWikiTables(document);
+		initWestgateTopbar();
 		$(window).on('action:ajaxify.end', function () {
 			wrapWestgateWikiTables(document);
+			initWestgateTopbar();
+			closeWestgateTopbarPanels(getWestgateTopbar(), null);
+			closeWestgateTopbarDrawer(getWestgateTopbar());
 		});
 
 		require(['api'], function (api) {
diff --git a/scss/westgate/_topbar.scss b/scss/westgate/_topbar.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ecec9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scss/westgate/_topbar.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,418 @@
+.wg-layout-container {
+  min-height: 100vh;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar {
+  top: 0;
+  z-index: 1020;
+  color: var(--wg-text-soft);
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 241, 196, 0.035), transparent 42%),
+    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(42, 18, 34, 0.96), rgba(15, 13, 18, 0.98) 38%, rgba(9, 8, 11, 0.99));
+  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.2);
+  box-shadow:
+    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 244, 221, 0.04),
+    0 12px 32px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.34);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__inner {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto auto;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.9rem;
+  width: min(100%, 1420px);
+  min-height: 64px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: 0.55rem clamp(0.85rem, 2vw, 1.5rem);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__brand {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  min-width: 0;
+  gap: 0.7rem;
+  color: var(--wg-text);
+  text-decoration: none;
+
+  &:hover,
+  &:focus {
+    color: #f3ede4;
+    text-decoration: none;
+  }
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__brand-mark {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 2.3rem;
+  height: 2.3rem;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.36);
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  color: var(--wg-gold);
+  background:
+    radial-gradient(circle at 38% 24%, rgba(255, 238, 190, 0.2), transparent 30%),
+    linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(58, 24, 48, 0.7), rgba(10, 9, 13, 0.98));
+  box-shadow:
+    inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(9, 8, 11, 0.66),
+    0 8px 18px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
+  font-family: var(--wg-font-display);
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__brand-text {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  min-width: 0;
+  line-height: 1;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__brand-name {
+  max-width: 22ch;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  color: var(--wg-text);
+  font-family: var(--wg-font-display);
+  font-size: 0.96rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__brand-subtitle {
+  margin-top: 0.28rem;
+  color: var(--wg-gold-soft);
+  font-family: var(--wg-font-code);
+  font-size: 0.62rem;
+  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
+  text-transform: uppercase;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__nav {
+  min-width: 0;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__nav-list,
+.wg-topbar__utility-list {
+  gap: 0.28rem;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__nav-list {
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar .nav-link,
+.wg-topbar__nav-link,
+.wg-topbar__forums-toggle {
+  min-height: 2.35rem;
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  padding: 0.42rem 0.62rem;
+  color: var(--wg-text-soft);
+  background: transparent;
+  font-family: var(--wg-font-ui);
+  font-size: 0.86rem;
+  line-height: 1.1;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar .nav-link:hover,
+.wg-topbar .nav-link:focus,
+.wg-topbar__nav-link:hover,
+.wg-topbar__nav-link:focus,
+.wg-topbar__forums-toggle:hover,
+.wg-topbar__forums-toggle:focus,
+.wg-topbar .nav-item.active > .nav-link,
+.wg-topbar .nav-item.active > .navigation-link {
+  color: #f3ede4;
+  border-color: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.2);
+  background: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.075);
+  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 244, 221, 0.035);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__forums {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__forums-toggle {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__utilities {
+  justify-self: end;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__utility-list {
+  align-items: center;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__utility-list > .nav-item {
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__utility-list :where(.nav-text, .visible-open) {
+  display: none !important;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__utility-list .nav-link {
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 2.35rem;
+  height: 2.35rem;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__utility-list [component$="/count"],
+.wg-topbar__drawer-actions [component$="/count"],
+.wg-topbar [component="navigation/count"] {
+  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(142, 52, 56, 0.92), rgba(84, 28, 39, 0.96)) !important;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(216, 194, 138, 0.26);
+  color: #fff0dc;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__utility-list .visible-closed {
+  display: inline-block !important;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__skin .dropend {
+  margin: 0 !important;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__skin .dropdown-menu,
+.wg-topbar__dropdown,
+.wg-topbar .search-dropdown,
+.wg-topbar .notifications-dropdown,
+.wg-topbar .chats-dropdown,
+.wg-topbar .drafts-dropdown,
+.wg-topbar .user-dropdown,
+.wg-topbar__panel {
+  min-width: min(22rem, calc(100vw - 1.5rem));
+  max-width: calc(100vw - 1.5rem);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.22) !important;
+  border-radius: 8px !important;
+  color: var(--wg-text-soft) !important;
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(255, 244, 221, 0.028), transparent 36%),
+    var(--wg-velvet-panel) !important;
+  box-shadow:
+    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 244, 221, 0.035),
+    0 18px 42px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.42) !important;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar .notifications-dropdown,
+.wg-topbar .chats-dropdown,
+.wg-topbar .drafts-dropdown {
+  width: min(24rem, calc(100vw - 1.5rem));
+}
+
+.wg-topbar .dropdown-item,
+.wg-topbar .btn.btn-ghost,
+.wg-topbar .btn.btn-light {
+  color: var(--wg-text-soft) !important;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar .dropdown-item:hover,
+.wg-topbar .dropdown-item:focus,
+.wg-topbar .btn.btn-ghost:hover,
+.wg-topbar .btn.btn-ghost:focus,
+.wg-topbar .btn.btn-light:hover,
+.wg-topbar .btn.btn-light:focus {
+  color: var(--wg-text) !important;
+  background: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.08) !important;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar .btn-primary,
+.wg-topbar__register {
+  border-color: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.34) !important;
+  color: #1b1208 !important;
+  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #d8c28a, var(--wg-gold)) !important;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__login,
+.wg-topbar__register {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  min-height: 2.35rem;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  padding: 0.35rem 0.78rem;
+  font-family: var(--wg-font-ui);
+  font-size: 0.86rem;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__login {
+  color: var(--wg-text-soft);
+  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.2);
+  background: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.055);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__login:hover,
+.wg-topbar__login:focus {
+  color: var(--wg-text);
+  border-color: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.3);
+  background: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.1);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__panel {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: calc(100% + 0.45rem);
+  right: 0;
+  display: none;
+  padding: 0.42rem;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__panel.is-open {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.2rem;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__panel--forums a {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  min-height: 2.25rem;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  padding: 0.35rem 0.55rem;
+  color: var(--wg-text-soft);
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__panel--forums a:hover,
+.wg-topbar__panel--forums a:focus {
+  color: var(--wg-text);
+  background: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.08);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__burger {
+  display: none;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 2.4rem;
+  height: 2.4rem;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.22);
+  border-radius: 6px;
+  color: var(--wg-text-soft);
+  background: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.055);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__burger:hover,
+.wg-topbar__burger:focus {
+  color: var(--wg-text);
+  background: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.1);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__drawer {
+  display: none;
+  border-top: 1px solid rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.12);
+  background:
+    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(42, 18, 34, 0.98), rgba(12, 10, 15, 0.99));
+}
+
+.wg-topbar.is-drawer-open .wg-topbar__drawer {
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__drawer-inner {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.8rem;
+  width: min(100%, 42rem);
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: 0.85rem;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__drawer-search {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 0.55rem;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.18);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  padding: 0.5rem 0.65rem;
+  background: rgba(9, 8, 11, 0.45);
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__drawer-search input {
+  min-width: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  border: 0;
+  color: var(--wg-text);
+  background: transparent;
+  outline: 0;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__drawer-nav,
+.wg-topbar__drawer-actions,
+.wg-topbar__drawer-auth {
+  display: grid;
+  gap: 0.35rem;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__drawer-link,
+.wg-topbar__drawer-actions a {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  gap: 0.55rem;
+  border: 1px solid rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.12);
+  border-radius: 7px;
+  padding: 0.62rem 0.7rem;
+  color: var(--wg-text-soft);
+  background: rgba(255, 244, 221, 0.02);
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+.wg-topbar__drawer-link:hover,
+.wg-topbar__drawer-link:focus,
+.wg-topbar__drawer-actions a:hover,
+.wg-topbar__drawer-actions a:focus {
+  color: var(--wg-text);
+  border-color: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.22);
+  background: rgba(194, 163, 90, 0.08);
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 1199.98px) {
+  .wg-topbar__inner {
+    grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  }
+
+  .wg-topbar__nav {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
+  .wg-topbar__inner {
+    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  }
+
+  .wg-topbar__brand-name {
+    max-width: 16ch;
+  }
+
+  .wg-topbar__brand-subtitle,
+  .wg-topbar__forums,
+  .wg-topbar__utilities {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  .wg-topbar__burger {
+    display: inline-flex;
+  }
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 480px) {
+  .wg-topbar__brand-mark {
+    width: 2rem;
+    height: 2rem;
+  }
+
+  .wg-topbar__brand-name {
+    max-width: 13ch;
+    font-size: 0.82rem;
+    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/templates/footer.tpl b/templates/footer.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60e0878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/footer.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+
+			</div><!-- /.container#content -->
+		</main>
+	</div>
+
+	<div class="fixed-bottom d-lg-none">
+		<!-- IMPORT partials/topic/navigator-mobile.tpl -->
+	</div>
+
+	{{{ if !isSpider }}}
+	<div>
+		<div component="toaster/tray" class="alert-window fixed-bottom mb-5 mb-md-2 me-2 me-md-5 ms-auto" style="width:300px; z-index: 1090;">
+			<!-- IMPORT partials/reconnect-alert.tpl -->
+		</div>
+	</div>
+	{{{ end }}}
+
+	<!-- IMPORT partials/footer/js.tpl -->
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/templates/header.tpl b/templates/header.tpl
index 412826c..83fe707 100644
--- a/templates/header.tpl
+++ b/templates/header.tpl
@@ -25,15 +25,10 @@
 <body class="{bodyClass} skin-{{{if bootswatchSkin}}}{bootswatchSkin}{{{else}}}noskin{{{end}}}">
 	<a class="visually-hidden-focusable position-absolute top-0 start-0 p-3 m-3 bg-body" style="z-index: 1021;" href="#content">[[global:skip-to-content]]</a>
 
-	{{{ if config.theme.topMobilebar }}}
-	<!-- IMPORT partials/mobile-header.tpl -->
-	{{{ end }}}
-
-	<div class="layout-container d-flex justify-content-between pb-4 pb-md-0">
-		<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar-left.tpl -->
+	<div class="layout-container wg-layout-container d-flex flex-column pb-4 pb-md-0">
+		<!-- IMPORT partials/header/topbar.tpl -->
 
 		<main id="panel" class="d-flex flex-column gap-3 flex-grow-1 mt-3" style="min-width: 0;">
-			<!-- IMPORT partials/header/brand.tpl -->
 			<div class="container-lg px-md-4 d-flex flex-column gap-3 h-100 mb-5 mb-lg-0" id="content">
 			<!-- IMPORT partials/noscript/warning.tpl -->
 			<!-- IMPORT partials/noscript/message.tpl -->
diff --git a/templates/partials/header/topbar.tpl b/templates/partials/header/topbar.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a28b6d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/partials/header/topbar.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+<header class="wg-topbar sticky-top" data-wg-topbar>
+	<div class="wg-topbar__inner">
+		<a class="wg-topbar__brand" href="{relative_path}/" aria-label="{config.siteTitle}">
+			<span class="wg-topbar__brand-mark" aria-hidden="true">W</span>
+			<span class="wg-topbar__brand-text">
+				<span class="wg-topbar__brand-name">{config.siteTitle}</span>
+				<span class="wg-topbar__brand-subtitle">Shadows Over Westgate</span>
+			</span>
+		</a>
+
+		<nav class="wg-topbar__nav" aria-label="[[global:navigation]]">
+			<ul id="main-nav" class="wg-topbar__nav-list list-unstyled d-flex align-items-center mb-0">
+				{{{ each navigation }}}
+				{{{ if displayMenuItem(@root, @index) }}}
+				<li class="nav-item {./class}{{{ if ./dropdown }}} dropdown{{{ end }}}" title="{./title}">
+					<a class="nav-link navigation-link wg-topbar__nav-link d-flex gap-2 align-items-center {{{ if ./dropdown }}}dropdown-toggle{{{ end }}}" {{{ if ./dropdown }}} href="#" role="button" data-bs-toggle="dropdown" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" {{{ else }}} href="{./route}"{{{ end }}} {{{ if ./id }}}id="{./id}"{{{ end }}}{{{ if ./targetBlank }}} target="_blank"{{{ end }}} {{{ if ./text }}}aria-label="{./text}"{{{ end }}}>
+						{{{ if ./iconClass }}}
+						<i class="fa fa-fw {./iconClass}" data-content="{./content}"></i>
+						{{{ end }}}
+						{{{ if ./text }}}<span class="nav-text text-truncate">{./text}</span>{{{ end }}}
+						<span component="navigation/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !./content }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{./content}</span>
+					</a>
+					{{{ if ./dropdown }}}
+					<ul class="dropdown-menu wg-topbar__dropdown p-1 shadow" role="menu">
+						{./dropdownContent}
+					</ul>
+					{{{ end }}}
+				</li>
+				{{{ end }}}
+				{{{ end }}}
+			</ul>
+		</nav>
+
+		<div class="wg-topbar__forums dropdown">
+			<button class="wg-topbar__nav-link wg-topbar__forums-toggle" type="button" data-wg-menu="forums" aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="true">
+				<span>Forums</span>
+				<i class="fa fa-fw fa-chevron-down" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+			</button>
+			<div class="wg-topbar__panel wg-topbar__panel--forums" data-wg-panel="forums" role="menu">
+				<a href="{relative_path}/categories" role="menuitem">[[pages:categories]]</a>
+				<a href="{relative_path}/recent" role="menuitem">[[recent:title]]</a>
+				<a href="{relative_path}/unread" role="menuitem">[[unread:title]]</a>
+				<a href="{relative_path}/popular" role="menuitem">[[pages:popular]]</a>
+				<a href="{relative_path}/tags" role="menuitem">[[tags:tags]]</a>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+
+		<div class="wg-topbar__utilities">
+			{{{ if config.loggedIn }}}
+			<ul id="wg-topbar-logged-in-menu" class="wg-topbar__utility-list list-unstyled d-flex align-items-center mb-0">
+				{{{ if (config.searchEnabled && user.privileges.search:content) }}}
+				<li component="sidebar/search" class="nav-item search dropdown position-relative" title="[[global:header.search]]" role="menuitem">
+					<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/search.tpl -->
+				</li>
+				{{{ end }}}
+
+				<li component="notifications" class="nav-item notifications dropdown" title="[[global:header.notifications]]" role="menuitem">
+					<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/notifications.tpl -->
+				</li>
+
+				{{{ if canChat }}}
+				<li class="nav-item chats dropdown" title="[[global:header.chats]]" role="menuitem">
+					<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/chats.tpl -->
+				</li>
+				{{{ end }}}
+
+				<li component="sidebar/drafts" class="nav-item drafts dropdown" title="[[global:header.drafts]]" role="menuitem">
+					<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/drafts.tpl -->
+				</li>
+
+				{{{ if !config.disableCustomUserSkins }}}
+				<li class="nav-item wg-topbar__skin">
+					<!-- IMPORT partials/skin-switcher.tpl -->
+				</li>
+				{{{ end }}}
+
+				<li id="user_label" class="nav-item usermenu dropdown" title="{user.username}" role="menuitem">
+					<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/user-menu.tpl -->
+				</li>
+			</ul>
+			{{{ else }}}
+			<ul id="wg-topbar-logged-out-menu" class="wg-topbar__utility-list wg-topbar__utility-list--guest list-unstyled d-flex align-items-center mb-0">
+				{{{ if (config.searchEnabled && user.privileges.search:content) }}}
+				<li component="sidebar/search" class="nav-item search dropdown position-relative" title="[[global:header.search]]" role="menuitem">
+					<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/search.tpl -->
+				</li>
+				{{{ end }}}
+
+				<li class="nav-item">
+					<a class="wg-topbar__login" href="{relative_path}/login">[[global:login]]</a>
+				</li>
+				{{{ if allowRegistration }}}
+				<li class="nav-item">
+					<a class="wg-topbar__register" href="{relative_path}/register">[[global:register]]</a>
+				</li>
+				{{{ end }}}
+			</ul>
+			{{{ end }}}
+		</div>
+
+		<button class="wg-topbar__burger" type="button" data-wg-burger aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="wg-topbar-drawer" aria-label="[[global:menu]]">
+			<i class="fa fa-fw fa-bars" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+		</button>
+	</div>
+
+	<div id="wg-topbar-drawer" class="wg-topbar__drawer">
+		<div class="wg-topbar__drawer-inner">
+			{{{ if (config.searchEnabled && user.privileges.search:content) }}}
+			<form class="wg-topbar__drawer-search" action="{relative_path}/search" method="GET" role="search">
+				<i class="fa fa-fw fa-search" aria-hidden="true"></i>
+				<input autocomplete="off" type="text" name="query" placeholder="[[global:search]]" aria-label="[[search:type-to-search]]">
+			</form>
+			{{{ end }}}
+
+			<nav class="wg-topbar__drawer-nav" aria-label="[[global:navigation]]">
+				{{{ each navigation }}}
+				{{{ if displayMenuItem(@root, @index) }}}
+				<a class="wg-topbar__drawer-link {./class}" href="{./route}" {{{ if ./targetBlank }}}target="_blank"{{{ end }}}>
+					{{{ if ./iconClass }}}<i class="fa fa-fw {./iconClass}" aria-hidden="true"></i>{{{ end }}}
+					{{{ if ./text }}}<span>{./text}</span>{{{ end }}}
+					<span component="navigation/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !./content }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{./content}</span>
+				</a>
+				{{{ end }}}
+				{{{ end }}}
+				<a class="wg-topbar__drawer-link" href="{relative_path}/categories"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-layer-group" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[pages:categories]]</span></a>
+				<a class="wg-topbar__drawer-link" href="{relative_path}/recent"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-clock" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[recent:title]]</span></a>
+				<a class="wg-topbar__drawer-link" href="{relative_path}/unread"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-inbox" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[unread:title]]</span></a>
+				<a class="wg-topbar__drawer-link" href="{relative_path}/tags"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-tags" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[tags:tags]]</span></a>
+			</nav>
+
+			{{{ if config.loggedIn }}}
+			<div class="wg-topbar__drawer-actions">
+				<a href="{relative_path}/notifications"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-bell" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[global:header.notifications]]</span><span component="notifications/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !unreadCount.notification }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{unreadCount.notification}</span></a>
+				{{{ if canChat }}}
+				<a href="{relative_path}/user/{user.userslug}/chats{{{ if user.lastRoomId }}}/{user.lastRoomId}{{{ end }}}"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-comment" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[global:header.chats]]</span><span component="chat/count" class="badge rounded-1 bg-primary {{{ if !unreadCount.chat }}}hidden{{{ end }}}">{unreadCount.chat}</span></a>
+				{{{ end }}}
+				<a href="{relative_path}/user/{user.userslug}"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-user" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[user:profile]]</span></a>
+				<a href="{relative_path}/user/{user.userslug}/settings"><i class="fa fa-fw fa-gear" aria-hidden="true"></i><span>[[user:settings]]</span></a>
+			</div>
+			{{{ else }}}
+			<div class="wg-topbar__drawer-auth">
+				<a class="wg-topbar__login" href="{relative_path}/login">[[global:login]]</a>
+				{{{ if allowRegistration }}}
+				<a class="wg-topbar__register" href="{relative_path}/register">[[global:register]]</a>
+				{{{ end }}}
+			</div>
+			{{{ end }}}
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</header>
diff --git a/tests/global-topbar-contract.test.js b/tests/global-topbar-contract.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efe2fb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/global-topbar-contract.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+function read(relativePath) {
+	const filePath = path.join(__dirname, '..', relativePath);
+	assert(fs.existsSync(filePath), `${relativePath} should exist`);
+	return fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
+}
+
+function assertIncludes(haystack, needle, message) {
+	assert(
+		haystack.includes(needle),
+		message || `Expected file to include ${needle}`
+	);
+}
+
+function assertExcludes(haystack, needle, message) {
+	assert(
+		!haystack.includes(needle),
+		message || `Expected file not to include ${needle}`
+	);
+}
+
+const header = read('templates/header.tpl');
+const footer = read('templates/footer.tpl');
+const topbar = read('templates/partials/header/topbar.tpl');
+const theme = read('theme.scss');
+const stylesheet = read('scss/westgate/_topbar.scss');
+const client = read('public/client.js');
+
+assertIncludes(
+	header,
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/header/topbar.tpl -->',
+	'Header should mount the Westgate topbar partial'
+);
+assertExcludes(
+	header,
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar-left.tpl -->',
+	"Header should no longer render Harmony's left global sidebar"
+);
+assertExcludes(
+	footer,
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar-right.tpl -->',
+	"Footer should no longer render Harmony's right global sidebar"
+);
+assertIncludes(
+	theme,
+	'@import "./scss/westgate/topbar";',
+	'theme.scss should import the focused topbar partial'
+);
+assertIncludes(
+	stylesheet,
+	'.wg-topbar',
+	'Topbar styles should be scoped to .wg-topbar'
+);
+assertIncludes(
+	client,
+	'initWestgateTopbar',
+	'Client bundle should initialize Westgate topbar behavior'
+);
+
+[
+	'component="sidebar/search"',
+	'component="notifications"',
+	'component="sidebar/drafts"',
+].forEach((component) => {
+	assertIncludes(topbar, component, `Topbar should preserve live NodeBB hook ${component}`);
+});
+
+[
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/search.tpl -->',
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/notifications.tpl -->',
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/chats.tpl -->',
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/drafts.tpl -->',
+	'<!-- IMPORT partials/sidebar/user-menu.tpl -->',
+].forEach((templateImport) => {
+	assertIncludes(topbar, templateImport, `Topbar should reuse Harmony live partial ${templateImport}`);
+});
+
+[
+	'Velessa Thorne',
+	'Guildmaster Orin',
+	'A letter left at the Undergate',
+	'wg-topbar-demo',
+	"localStorage.setItem('wg-topbar-presence'",
+].forEach((fixture) => {
+	assertExcludes(topbar, fixture, `Topbar should not ship preview fixture ${fixture}`);
+});
+
+assertIncludes(topbar, '{{{ if config.loggedIn }}}', 'Topbar should branch on the real logged-in state');
+assertIncludes(topbar, '{{{ if canChat }}}', 'Chat controls should remain permission-gated');
+assertIncludes(topbar, '{{{ if allowRegistration }}}', 'Registration should remain server-gated');
+assertIncludes(topbar, '{{{ each navigation }}}', 'Topbar should render ACP Navigation items');
diff --git a/theme.scss b/theme.scss
index ee8e390..748907a 100644
--- a/theme.scss
+++ b/theme.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 @import "./scss/westgate/tokens";
 @import "./scss/westgate/wiki-prose";
 @import "./scss/westgate/header";
+@import "./scss/westgate/topbar";
 @import "./scss/westgate/surfaces";
 @import "./scss/westgate/categories";
 @import "./scss/westgate/topics";