Whether you arrive by monorail from the upper spans or by water vessel through the flooded passages of Level One, Lovat greets every visitor with the same restless, layered energy that has made it one of the most remarkable cities in the known world.
Nine Levels to Explore
From the grand civic plazas of the upper warrens to the atmospheric passages of the lower levels, Lovat rewards the curious traveller at every turn. No two levels feel alike.
Culture & Spectacle
Catch a jai alai match at the Brown-Jenkins Memorial Fronton, attend an evening at the Jack Albert Hall, or wander the galleries and markets of Paramount and Pergola Square. There is always something extraordinary happening.
Many Histories, One City
Lovat is home to humans, maero, dimanian, dauger, anur, cephel, and dozens of other communities. Its food, music, and street life reflect generations of mingling traditions and dialects.
The City Moves. So Can You.
The Lovat Transit Authority operates the city's monorail network, connecting Levels Two through Nine via the King Station interchange. Public lifts and stairwells provide inter-level access throughout the warrens. Licensed rickshaw operators are available for shorter journeys through crowded passages.
For visitors arriving at Level One, water transit services connect the Sunk's flooded districts to dock points on Level Two. Schedules are available from any Directory Agent.
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The Fronton, the Plaza, & the Open Air
Jai alai is the soul of Lovat's sporting culture, played on the city's iconic frontons before crowds that rival any in the Territories. The Pathé Fronton hosts professional matches throughout the season, and the Brown-Jenkins Memorial Fronton is a landmark in its own right.
Beyond jai alai, the city maintains an extensive network of recreational leagues, athletic clubs, public courts, bathhouses, gymnasiums, and community fitness programs spread throughout the warrens. Plazas and recreation centers regularly host amateur Ausca matches, boxing tournaments, distance races, youth athletics, calisthenics groups, and seasonal sporting exhibitions. From neighborhood exercise clubs to highly organized municipal leagues, recreation remains a central part of daily life in Lovat across nearly every level of the city.
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The Perfect Stay Awaits
Lovat's hospitality culture runs deep. The city has long attracted travelers from across the Territories, and its finest hotels reflect that heritage. Hotel Arcadia is the perennial favorite of visiting dignitaries and merchants, known for its attentive service and its position near the civic center. Daedalus Tower Hotel offers some of the most dramatic views available anywhere in the city, its upper floors affording sight lines across several levels on a clear day. Waite Tower and the Woolford round out the city's five-star options, each with its own distinct character and clientele.
Beyond accommodation, Lovat's hospitality district offers a full range of amenities. Spa facilities, thermal baths, gymnasium suites, and private dining rooms are available to guests and members across the major properties. For independent travelers on a more modest budget, a wide range of boarding houses, traveler's inns, and furnished rooms can be found in virtually every warren. Ask any Directory Agent for recommendations suited to your needs and price range.
Find a Directory Agent →The Soul of the City
Every warren in Lovat has its own character, its own history, its own reason to visit. While no warren is one thing, some have become known over the years for particular characteristics. These are five worth knowing.
Pergola Square
The oldest warren in the city. Pergola Square has reinvented itself many times over the centuries — a merchant district, a civic center, a tangle of guildhalls — today it is Lovat's premier arts district. Arcaded streets of galleries, studios, independent publishers, and cafés occupy the same stone footprints they have for generations. Street musicians play under the colonnades and the smell of coffee mingles with turpentine and old paper. The Pergola Square Historic Review Committee ensures that nothing here changes too fast.
Broadway Hill
When the upper levels go to sleep, Broadway Hill wakes up. Built on the only true dry ground in central Lovat, Broadway Hill is the city's undisputed center of nightlife — bars, music venues, late-night food stalls, and a fronton that draws crowds until well past midnight. The warren earned its name from the central street that has run its length since the Aligning. It is loud, colorful, and never entirely safe, but there is nowhere in Lovat that feels more alive at two in the morning.
Brookside
Brookside is one of the city's more liveable warrens. It is relatively well-lit, and home to the sprawling multilevel campus of Portage City University. PCU's presence gives Brookside its particular energy: bookshops, cheap restaurants, lecture halls spilling students into the streets at odd hours, and the kind of spirited public argument you only find near a university. The community centers here are among the best-maintained in the city, and Brookside Park, despite its cramped footprint, is fiercely protected by residents.
Martello
Martello is one of Lovat's oldest working warrens, dense, practical, and proud of it. Its residents have a reputation for being direct and its streets reflect that: workshops sit next to modest restaurants, hardware dealers next to boarding houses. The warren has seen better days in some stretches, but it has its own rough dignity. Edgar Way is its main artery, lined with the kind of establishments that have been serving the same trades for four or five generations. Martello doesn't cater to visitors, but those who find their way here tend to remember it.
King Station
Named for the monorail interchange at its heart, King Station is where Lovat eats. The warren sits just above the Sunk and catches the best of the city's seafood supply before it travels upward to more elevated tables. Dim sum carts, noodle stalls, open-air fish markets, and cramped restaurants serving food cooked to recipes centuries old — this is where you come for the real Lovatine cuisine. The station itself is a marvel of engineering, handling more daily passengers than any other point in the transit network.
Street Carts to Grand Dining Rooms
Lovat's food culture is as layered as the city itself. Every level and warren has its own culinary character, from the seafood markets of King Station to the spiced flatbreads of Pathé to the entresole diners that have been feeding the same families for generations across the city. Our varied communities each contribute distinct culinary traditions, and the result is something genuinely unlike anywhere else in the Territories.
Street food is everywhere and excellent. Fried whitebait, rice rolls wrapped in seaweed paper, slow-braised meats sold from carts that appear at the same corner every evening at the same hour. For a more formal experience, the grand dining rooms of the Arcadia and the Woolford are renowned across the Territories.
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Every Corner a Spectacle
Lovat has always attracted artists. The city's density, its mix of peoples, and its long history of tragedy and resilience have made it one of the most fertile creative environments in the known world. The Pergola Square galleries rotate quarterly exhibitions of painting, sculpture, printmaking, and mixed media. The Zann Performing Arts Center on Level Seven draws performers from across the Territories. Jack Albert Hall hosts residencies from the city's most celebrated musicians.
Beyond the institutions, art exists at street level in Lovat the way it does nowhere else. Tile murals in the passages of Ivanhurst, textile installations strung between balconies in Martello, impromptu concerts in the Brookside plazas. The Pickett Arts Grant supports emerging artists across all disciplines, and the Recreation Department maintains a network of public gallery spaces open free of charge throughout the city.
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A City of Faiths
Lovat is one of the most religiously diverse cities in the Territories. The Reunified Church, whose fortified cathedrals are among the oldest surviving structures in the city, maintains the largest congregation and a visible presence in nearly every warren. St. Mark's on Broadway Hill is a landmark in its own right. The Hasturian faith is equally prominent, and the Carcosa Grove Cathedral is a sight to behold, its ministers in yellow robes are a common sight among the levels.
Beyond these two dominant traditions, Lovat accommodates a broad spectrum of belief. Deeperists maintain quiet surface and subsurface chapels. Dulodi practitioners gather in small communities throughout the city. The Curwenist and Eibonian traditions draw smaller but devoted followings, and independent mystics, street preachers, and other varied congregations of every description can be found wherever there are people willing to listen. Lovat has never been a city that tells its people what to believe, and its spiritual landscape reflects that.
Glimpses of Lovat
Before You Arrive
Directory Agents
Your first stop in any warren. Directory Agents provide maps, recommendations, transit schedules, and city forms. Look for the green and yellow signage.
Safety & Security
Lovat is a safe city, but as in any large urban center, visitors should remain alert in unfamiliar warrens. The LPD operates across all 121 precincts. Report concerns to any block officer or Directory Agent.
Permits & Entry
Some areas of the city — including all of West Lovat — remain restricted following the Firstfall disaster. Visitors are asked to respect all posted restrictions and LLA cordons.
Alert Lovat
Register for Alert Lovat at any Directory Agent to receive emergency notifications by telegram during your stay. Free of charge. Highly recommended.
