I tried to leave the hero and see what would happen, but I died first. :)))))
Anyway, it's awesome how you manage to do both art and programming by yourself!
The intro already give "RPG-ish" hint and I think because most RPG tend to be heavy on story, you're on the right track for the jam's theme. Filling game content needs quite some work, so it's understandable that you don't really have much time left to do so.