Rising Knight starting level?

[Caedrus]

I'm getting ready to start the Rising Knight and was wondering if I should start the PCs at level 1 or 2. I recently TPK'd a level 1 party a little too easily. Here is the party makeup:

Human cleric
Human ranger/wizard multi-class
Elf rogue
Half-orc fighter
Half-orc druid

Any thoughts or tips on running the adventure would be appreciated as well.

 

[Deepfire]

Having nearly killed a 5th lvl ranger, a 5th lvl wizard and a 5th level thief/wizard with one (!) mimic last night in C&C, I strongly advise to use the higher level It doen't really matter this much, though