I love a duplicitous game, - personality reference. [From profile: malevolent and sly as a fox.]
That starts in the skull, - history/lineage reference (skull referring to Confutatis, his mother, who wears a skull.)
And ends in devastation. – personality ref. [From profile: The uncanny childe of cessation and obliteration.
Hidden in the iron, - Ancient Rotunda ref, where the Regime lives. [Excerpt from description: Long, flowing drapes line the entrances by the columns, seemingly untouched by time. Wrought iron closures and veins of precious metal in the glass provide strength.
Tenebrous, shrouded. – Tenebrous (dark, shadowy) refers to his coloring, shrouded refers to his name (Veil).