Hearthstone is home in new animated short and upcoming series

At Gamescom today, Hearthstone got a new animated short and introduced us to the adorably cute girl and mouse who everyone has been wondering about — Ava and Sarge.

Hearthstone is home where everyone is welcome. It’s a special place full of fair play, where it doesn’t matter if you’re big or small, or clever or dim. The tavern is there for everyone. Ava stumbles across the tavern accidentally after trudging, lost, through the frozen woods. Luckily for her, our favorite innkeeper’s mouse friend, Sarge, is there with a magical box that teleports her out of the lonesome scary woods and straight into a warm world of laughter and fun. We even get a delightful musical extolling the tavern’s virtues.

Don’t worry about not getting to know the rest of the characters in this short, as they’ll be featured prominently in a series of shorts and comics in the next few months. We have a cast list though. Harth Stonebrew runs the tavern with the expert Mage Malto and brave mouse friend Sarge. Their good friends and tavern regulars are Lou the fabulous Paladin, the chatty Goblin brothers Fewz and Wick, Velaris the elegant Blood Elf, soldier Gnome Bertie, and the sensitive yet table-flipping Orc Urk.

Watch the super cute animated short below!