diff --git a/internal/routes/town.go b/internal/routes/town.go
index 6a2d243..ad61ee1 100644
--- a/internal/routes/town.go
+++ b/internal/routes/town.go
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ package routes
 import (
 	"dk/internal/middleware"
 	"dk/internal/router"
-	"dk/internal/template"
 	"dk/internal/template/components"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+	"dk/internal/towns"
 )
 
 func RegisterTownRoutes(r *router.Router) {
@@ -19,21 +16,8 @@ func RegisterTownRoutes(r *router.Router) {
 }
 
 func showTown(ctx router.Ctx, _ []string) {
-	tmpl, err := template.Cache.Load("town/town.html")
-	if err != nil {
-		ctx.SetStatusCode(fasthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
-		fmt.Fprintf(ctx, "Template error: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
-
-	content := tmpl.RenderNamed(map[string]any{
-		"town": ctx.UserValue("town"),
+	town := ctx.UserValue("town").(*towns.Town)
+	components.RenderPageTemplate(ctx, town.Name, "town/town.html", map[string]any{
+		"town": town,
 	})
-
-	pageData := components.NewPageData("Town - Dragon Knight", content)
-	if err := components.RenderPage(ctx, pageData, nil); err != nil {
-		ctx.SetStatusCode(fasthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
-		fmt.Fprintf(ctx, "Template error: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/template/components/components.go b/internal/template/components/page.go
similarity index 61%
rename from internal/template/components/components.go
rename to internal/template/components/page.go
index 535db86..d295936 100644
--- a/internal/template/components/components.go
+++ b/internal/template/components/page.go
@@ -3,29 +3,15 @@ package components
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"maps"
+	"strings"
 
 	"dk/internal/auth"
-	"dk/internal/csrf"
 	"dk/internal/middleware"
 	"dk/internal/router"
 	"dk/internal/template"
-)
 
-// GenerateTopNav generates the top navigation HTML based on authentication status
-func GenerateTopNav(ctx router.Ctx) string {
-	if middleware.IsAuthenticated(ctx) {
-		csrfField := csrf.HiddenField(ctx, auth.Manager)
-		return fmt.Sprintf(`<form action="/logout" method="post" class="logout">
-				%s
-				<button class="img-button" type="submit"><img src="/assets/images/button_logout.gif" alt="Log Out" title="Log Out"></button>
-			</form>
-			<a href="/help"><img src="/assets/images/button_help.gif" alt="Help" title="Help"></a>`, csrfField)
-	} else {
-		return `<a href="/login"><img src="/assets/images/button_login.gif" alt="Log In" title="Log In"></a>
-			<a href="/register"><img src="/assets/images/button_register.gif" alt="Register" title="Register"></a>
-			<a href="/help"><img src="/assets/images/button_help.gif" alt="Help" title="Help"></a>`
-	}
-}
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+)
 
 // PageData holds common page template data
 type PageData struct {
@@ -100,3 +86,39 @@ func NewPageData(title, content string) PageData {
 		Build:      "dev",
 	}
 }
+
+// PageTitle returns a proper title for a rendered page. If an empty string
+// is given, returns "Dragon Knight". If the provided title already has " - Dragon Knight"
+// at the end, returns title as-is. Appends " - Dragon Knight" to title otherwise.
+func PageTitle(title string) string {
+	if title == "" {
+		return "Dragon Knight"
+	}
+
+	if strings.HasSuffix(" - Dragon Knight", title) {
+		return title
+	}
+
+	return title + " - Dragon Knight"
+}
+
+// RenderPageTemplate is a simplified helper that renders a template within the page layout.
+// It loads the template, renders it with the provided data, and then renders the full page.
+// Returns true if successful, false if an error occurred (error is written to response).
+func RenderPageTemplate(ctx router.Ctx, title, templateName string, data map[string]any) bool {
+	content, err := template.RenderNamed(templateName, data)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.SetStatusCode(fasthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
+		fmt.Fprintf(ctx, "Template error: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	pageData := NewPageData(PageTitle(title), content)
+	if err := RenderPage(ctx, pageData, nil); err != nil {
+		ctx.SetStatusCode(fasthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
+		fmt.Fprintf(ctx, "Template error: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return true
+}
diff --git a/internal/template/components/topnav.go b/internal/template/components/topnav.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5128d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/template/components/topnav.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package components
+
+import (
+	"dk/internal/auth"
+	"dk/internal/csrf"
+	"dk/internal/middleware"
+	"dk/internal/router"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// GenerateTopNav generates the top navigation HTML based on authentication status
+func GenerateTopNav(ctx router.Ctx) string {
+	if middleware.IsAuthenticated(ctx) {
+		return fmt.Sprintf(`<form action="/logout" method="post" class="logout">
+				%s
+				<button class="img-button" type="submit"><img src="/assets/images/button_logout.gif" alt="Log Out" title="Log Out"></button>
+			</form>
+			<a href="/help"><img src="/assets/images/button_help.gif" alt="Help" title="Help"></a>`, csrf.HiddenField(ctx, auth.Manager))
+	} else {
+		return `<a href="/login"><img src="/assets/images/button_login.gif" alt="Log In" title="Log In"></a>
+			<a href="/register"><img src="/assets/images/button_register.gif" alt="Register" title="Register"></a>
+			<a href="/help"><img src="/assets/images/button_help.gif" alt="Help" title="Help"></a>`
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/template/template.go b/internal/template/template.go
index 9c0dd2b..4fc0560 100644
--- a/internal/template/template.go
+++ b/internal/template/template.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type TemplateCache struct {
 
 type RenderOptions struct {
 	ResolveIncludes bool
-	Blocks         map[string]string
+	Blocks          map[string]string
 }
 
 type Template struct {
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ func (t *Template) getStructField(obj any, fieldName string) any {
 	if obj == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	
+
 	rv := reflect.ValueOf(obj)
 	if rv.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
 		if rv.IsNil() {
@@ -269,16 +269,16 @@ func (t *Template) getStructField(obj any, fieldName string) any {
 		}
 		rv = rv.Elem()
 	}
-	
+
 	if rv.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
 		return nil
 	}
-	
+
 	field := rv.FieldByName(fieldName)
 	if !field.IsValid() {
 		return nil
 	}
-	
+
 	return field.Interface()
 }
 
@@ -314,29 +314,29 @@ func (t *Template) WriteToWithOptions(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx, data any, opts R
 // processIncludes handles {include "template.html"} directives
 func (t *Template) processIncludes(content string, data map[string]any, opts RenderOptions) string {
 	result := content
-	
+
 	for {
 		start := strings.Index(result, "{include ")
 		if start == -1 {
 			break
 		}
-		
+
 		end := strings.Index(result[start:], "}")
 		if end == -1 {
 			break
 		}
 		end += start
-		
-		directive := result[start+9:end] // Skip "{include "
+
+		directive := result[start+9 : end] // Skip "{include "
 		templateName := strings.Trim(directive, "\" ")
-		
+
 		if includedTemplate, err := t.cache.Load(templateName); err == nil {
 			var includedContent string
 			if data != nil {
 				// Create new options to pass blocks to included template
 				includeOpts := RenderOptions{
 					ResolveIncludes: opts.ResolveIncludes,
-					Blocks:         opts.Blocks,
+					Blocks:          opts.Blocks,
 				}
 				includedContent = includedTemplate.RenderNamedWithOptions(includeOpts, data)
 			} else {
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ func (t *Template) processIncludes(content string, data map[string]any, opts Ren
 			result = result[:start] + result[end+1:]
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	return result
 }
 
@@ -357,16 +357,16 @@ func (t *Template) processYield(content string, opts RenderOptions) string {
 	if opts.Blocks == nil {
 		return strings.ReplaceAll(content, "{yield}", "")
 	}
-	
+
 	result := content
 	for blockName, blockContent := range opts.Blocks {
 		yieldPlaceholder := fmt.Sprintf("{yield %s}", blockName)
 		result = strings.ReplaceAll(result, yieldPlaceholder, blockContent)
 	}
-	
+
 	// Replace any remaining {yield} with empty string
 	result = strings.ReplaceAll(result, "{yield}", "")
-	
+
 	return result
 }
 
@@ -375,23 +375,23 @@ func (t *Template) processBlocks(content string, opts *RenderOptions) string {
 	if opts.Blocks == nil {
 		opts.Blocks = make(map[string]string)
 	}
-	
+
 	result := content
-	
+
 	for {
 		start := strings.Index(result, "{block ")
 		if start == -1 {
 			break
 		}
-		
+
 		nameEnd := strings.Index(result[start:], "}")
 		if nameEnd == -1 {
 			break
 		}
 		nameEnd += start
-		
+
 		blockName := strings.Trim(result[start+7:nameEnd], "\" ")
-		
+
 		contentStart := nameEnd + 1
 		endTag := "{/block}"
 		contentEnd := strings.Index(result[contentStart:], endTag)
@@ -399,13 +399,38 @@ func (t *Template) processBlocks(content string, opts *RenderOptions) string {
 			break
 		}
 		contentEnd += contentStart
-		
+
 		blockContent := result[contentStart:contentEnd]
 		opts.Blocks[blockName] = blockContent
-		
+
 		// Remove the block definition from the template
 		result = result[:start] + result[contentEnd+len(endTag):]
 	}
-	
+
 	return result
 }
+
+// RenderToContext is a simplified helper that renders a template and writes it to the request context
+// with error handling. Returns true if successful, false if an error occurred (error is written to response).
+func RenderToContext(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx, templateName string, data map[string]any) bool {
+	tmpl, err := Cache.Load(templateName)
+	if err != nil {
+		ctx.SetStatusCode(fasthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
+		fmt.Fprintf(ctx, "Template error: %v", err)
+		return false
+	}
+
+	tmpl.WriteTo(ctx, data)
+	return true
+}
+
+// RenderNamed is a simplified helper that loads and renders a template with the given data,
+// returning the rendered content or an error.
+func RenderNamed(templateName string, data map[string]any) (string, error) {
+	tmpl, err := Cache.Load(templateName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to load template %s: %w", templateName, err)
+	}
+
+	return tmpl.RenderNamed(data), nil
+}