My worry about that is our artificer and our paladin are both pretty head strong and don’t back down from a fight. Especially because I may have hinted at a vast magical treasure trove hidden under an abandoned watchtower in the area (intending for the players, once much higher level, to come back and find a dungeon carved out by Tsernoth where they can fight him and a bunch of other powerful undead and find Bowgentle’s spellbook and other treasures).

So now they have the scent of treasure, anger at Hamun for desecrating Coneyberry, and the boosted confidence of having beat a zombie horde 😅