LotR uses the LotR mod which does this:
Quote Originally Posted by lotr faq
Q: What's in LotR Mod 1.2?
A: Several things. (1) Relatively new versions of Lusted's Campaign and Battle AI mods, to make the AI better (2) Modification to make recruitable generals available from every Byzantine settlement in the game and to reduce their cost and upkeep to 1 florin each (3) Modification to halve the 'wage' cost of family members and recruitable generals (4) A LotR icon for you to use (5) Fixed text description for the traits Overconfident and Blatantly Overconfident (6) Removal of the triggers for the entire SS 4.1 Civil War trait system (7) Removal of the triggers for the Near Loyalty and Far Loyalty trait lines (8) Removal of the triggers for the Stripped trait line.
Obviously the majority of changes are specific to M2 and Stainless Steel. But we can adapt it to EB and add some minimods as well.
Don't worry; it should all come in a nice, neat package you can install easily. That way you could have both EB 1.1 and our version.