There was something you could of done as I stated a few posts back, start the game a fresh giving everyone a new start and a new beginning, or create new smaller continents and put everyone there with there current characters so everyone has to emigrate with their history still intact.
A "reset" of the game is a death sentence. BattleMaster was never intended to be a game with regular resets. (With the exception of the two now-gone south islands.)
Like they will just welcome us in with welcoming arms.
Have you tried asking? The answer might surprise you.