"Lost" Answer - How Eloise Knew so Much
The question is: How did Eloise know so much, including what Desmond was supposed to do when he first met her and bought the ring (Ep: 3x8, Flashes Before Your Eyes)?
- Having been the leader of the island, Jacob endowed her with the ability to foretell certain things.
- Eloise may have attained the ability to conjure up future puzzle fragments (like Desmond) as the result of being exposed to the high electromagnetic radiation emissions from the fractured Swan site drilling.
- Eloise knew many things because she had Daniel’s diary from the future. She probably tried to avoid his going to the island, but then discovered that for all her tries, there was nothing she could do to change what happened. Then probably Jacob let Widmore know that Faraday had to die on the island for the accident to happen the way it was supposed to, so that everything would be set for Jacob’s substitution. And Widmore let Eloise know.
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