Ok, we have great news. Doing the quest to deposit anima looks like it restored everything. I was able to bind with pelegos, which unlocked the soulforge. Then, for some reason, Mikanikos was waiting for me to soulbind as well, as though I had done the skip (but I never did), but I’m not going to complain about that.
Thank you for the help Vrakthris. I’m going to confirm this on NF as well.
EDIT: It works for NF as well. Even though I never took the skip option, doing the anima deposit quest one time was enough to skip anyway. The soulbinds were hanging out outside of the forge. I’m all set.