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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 31, 2017 9:29 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 31, 2017 9:29 PM UTC Continuing what seems to be an ongoing celebration of the [15th anniversary of _The Fellowship of the Ring_ premiere](http://time.com/4591437/lord-of-the-rings-behind-the-scenes-photos/), five of the nine Fellowship members recently met up for a mini [_Lord of the Rings_ reunion](http://time.com/4650389/ian-mckellen-gandalf-lord-of-the-rings-memories/). Dominic Monaghan — who played Merry in the trilogy — posted an [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dom%5Fmonaghan%5F/) Monday of himself and his former co-stars Orlando Bloom, Viggo Mortensen, Elijah Wood and Billy Boyd — Legolas, Aragorn, Frodo and Pippin, respectively — recreating the _Fellowship_ scene in which the group is attacked by a horde of Orcs in the mines of Moria. “[They have a cave troll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CTtro3NLeA),” he captioned the photo, quoting Boromir, Sean Bean’s character. 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