Take two seconds to solve the issue, its not hard mate.
Add the word “unawakened” to the name of the legendary and make it orange text… complete the quest from the -1% drop rate and it’s now awakened and looks good.
Hell even add in a new item quality that’s a dirty brown/orange, specifically called “unawoken legendary” and it has the same stat allocation as a legendary.
Then the precious orange text won’t be tarnished.
And never add in something like this to any legendary ever again.