In fact, after he drowns (between Noble House and Whirlwind), Ian Dunross retires from being Tai-Pan of the Noble House because life is just too boring without his archrival there to compete with. Quillan Gornt, his descendant from Noble House, is a primary antagonist, and yet somewhat charming in his own way - he's a son of a bitch, but he also has quite a way with women.Even though he founds the company which becomes the Noble House's enemy, you can't help but like him, if for no other reason than he has balls. Edward Gornt, who founded the Gornt company, is a big character in Gai-Jin while he isn't exactly evil, he wastes no time in trying to get Malcolm Struan's widow Angelique to jump in bed with him.
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Despite being six hours, the 1988 Noble House miniseries has a lot of things missing compared to the book, most notably the Sevrin plot and everything to do with it (including Jacques' status as The Mole, Cross' double agent status and Suslev's character).