Deleted character due to warband weird interaction - cant restore before TWW

It’s true that the feature is currently disabled, but the customer support can restore it for you. However, you need to get lucky to get somebody willing to help you.

Here’s a thread from a few days ago: Accidently deleted main - Support / Customer Support - World of Warcraft Forums - https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/accidently-deleted-main/525277

A person in the thread successfully got their main back through a ticket. Make a ticket, request them to restore it for you politely, and hope for the best. Good luck.