Off-Race Hero

Yesterday, I dismissed a level 72 green hero for a purple off-race hero.
The hero is a human, and my race is orc.
Such heroes do not make a good military hero, since her specialty will be of troops in other races.

I have been asked if that hero will be political or contest. My answer is .. 'both'.
Here's my plan :
7 skills in contest (Center and left column) up to level 10 : 77 points - Skill Level 20
3 skills in political (Center column) up to level 10 : 33 points - 110 points total - Skill Level 28
2 skills in political (Local and Military Zeal) up to level 20 : 18 points - 128 points total - Skill Level 32
7 skills in contest (Center and left column) up to level 20 : 63 points - 191 points total - Skill Level 48
7 skills in political (Left and right column) up to level 10 : 77 points - 268 points total - Skill Level 67
3 skills in contest (Right column) up to level 10 : 33 points - 301 points total - Skill Level 76

Summary ::
10 points in all contest AND political skills.
20 points in (Local and Military Zeal).
20 points in center and left column in contest skills.

As you can see, if you don't raise all political skills to 20, there are plenty of points left for contest. I recommend putting contest points up front, since the hero won't make a good mayor at a lower level anyhow. With good contest skills, you can win more arena points and pagoda early. Once the hero is level 50 or higher, she will be ready to provide high defense bonus, that is when you really want to maximize the Local skill, and equip her with defense items. You also want Military Zeal to speed up troop production.