NGL, I would have just left the region. Why bother putting up with the grudges of the person I no longer am. Just start over on the other side of the kingdom, or another nation altogether.
I might save a few of the support characters while earning the cash to leave. But I really see no benefits to sticking around in most cases.
Story knowledge? Next to worthless in less then a month. Sure you could make an educated guesses about external national level events. But the local time line will quickly change without the orignal narrative influence to keep it in check.