Died to assassins my first several playthroughs, so this run I focused all on physical skills and combat to make sure that assassins couldn't actually kill me. Zorana never developed a shred of empathy (who cares about reading people when you can just have Sola conduct polls for you?) and was a novice at speaking and etiquette, but she impressed electors with her ability to win starfall matches, wrestle wild beasts, and survive death traps. Made it to the election for the first time, and won handily, 22 to 7. Never had to blackmail anybody, and I got to marry Kxenia for love. This game definitely scratched the LLTQ itch and I'm looking forward to exploring the world more and finding other paths through it.